A Refuge (Chacahua), 2025
120 mm giclèe print on Baryta paper
8 inches by 8 inches
Limited Edition of 10, Signed Front
A Refuge was made on location traversing the mangrove forests and lagoons of Chacahua in Oaxaca State, Mexico. Chacahua is a remote village in Oaxaca on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, The village is known for its beauty and the community of Afro-Indigenous people who have long called the area home. Before Mexico final abolition of slavery, enslaved Africans created fortified communities near the tidal basins and mangroves in Chacahua for safety and freedom. Centuries later, their descendants still steward the lands that seeded their ancestors’ sovereignty.
This work is from "The Land Sings of A Dream," Niama Safia Sandy’s new series of experimental film photographs. The images offer abstracted, dream-like scenes connected to energetic resonance at indigenous and Global Black Diaspora historical sites related to liberation and cultural activity.
A Refuge (Chacahua), 2025
120 mm giclèe print on Baryta paper
8 inches by 8 inches
Limited Edition of 10, Signed Front
A Refuge was made on location traversing the mangrove forests and lagoons of Chacahua in Oaxaca State, Mexico. Chacahua is a remote village in Oaxaca on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, The village is known for its beauty and the community of Afro-Indigenous people who have long called the area home. Before Mexico final abolition of slavery, enslaved Africans created fortified communities near the tidal basins and mangroves in Chacahua for safety and freedom. Centuries later, their descendants still steward the lands that seeded their ancestors’ sovereignty.
This work is from "The Land Sings of A Dream," Niama Safia Sandy’s new series of experimental film photographs. The images offer abstracted, dream-like scenes connected to energetic resonance at indigenous and Global Black Diaspora historical sites related to liberation and cultural activity.
