Marilyn Escobar
Christina Fernandez, "1945, Aliso Village, Boyle Heights, California"
1996, Gelatin Silver Print
The photograph spoke to me because it is a woman going off to work in what seems to be a maid uniform.This photograph just reminded me of all the hard working women in my life because they immigrated here. Christina Fernandez, series Maria's Great Expedition, is photographs of herself as her great-grandmother Maria Gonzalez who immigrated here, was personal to her but she made it about everyone and the immigrants experience specifically the women. All the women in my family when they arrived they started off as housekeepers. I chose this images because, it represents all the hard working immigrant women. Christina Fernandez is representing the immigrant women and their sacrifice for their kids and family who had to be left behind, just as my family has to be able to provide for them.
