LISSY ALTA
SDQ/JFK
Kiskeyana Alternative Process Photographer
Media Coordinator at the American Museum of Natural History
Based in New York City
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Kiskeyana Alternative Process Photographer
Media Coordinator at the American Museum of Natural History
Based in New York City
Contact
La Matriarca (The Matriarch), began with my love and admiration for my grandmother, Cristina Jimenez. A woman who sacrificed a familiar life in the Dominican Republic to bring me and my family to the United States. Our immigration and subsequent assimilation led to very little knowledge of my countries past and the loss of a valuable trade.
Take Only What You Need examines the ways in which industrialized agriculture commodifies, abuses, and wastes natural resources. Specifically, herbs. The photo composites are a visual meditation and analysis on my own food waste.
Exploring sustainable darkroom practices that are less detrimental to our natural environment is extremely satisfying. Though I am at the mercy of mother nature when creating chlorophyll prints, it is a wonderful collaboration between us every single time.
All photographs developed using yuca (cassava, a root vegetable native to the Dominican Republic) and fixed for archival purposes.
All photographs developed using mint tea and fixed for archival purposes.
All photographs developed using pine tree leaves and fixed for archival purposes.
Una Muerte Anunciada is a mini series visualizing my personal journey healing from sexual assault.