Pool of Miracles (Trinidad & Tobago), 2025
35 mm giclèe print on Baryta paper
8 inches by 20 inches
Limited Edition of 10, Signed Front
A film photograph made in situ at the shores of both Trinidad and Tobago, on open water of the Caribbean Sea and at the Nylon Pool, often said to be a “pool of miracles” for its healing properties. The artist retraced the steps of her ancestor Sandy, an 18th century liberation figure who started the first slave rebellion on record in Tobago. The legend is he evaded capture by swimming 25 nautical miles from Tobago to the North Coast of Trinidad. As the artist reimagined his journey, she considered what he may have seen in the water as he fled.
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.
Pool of Miracles (Trinidad & Tobago), 2025
35 mm giclèe print on Baryta paper
8 inches by 20 inches
Limited Edition of 10, Signed Front
A film photograph made in situ at the shores of both Trinidad and Tobago, on open water of the Caribbean Sea and at the Nylon Pool, often said to be a “pool of miracles” for its healing properties. The artist retraced the steps of her ancestor Sandy, an 18th century liberation figure who started the first slave rebellion on record in Tobago. The legend is he evaded capture by swimming 25 nautical miles from Tobago to the North Coast of Trinidad. As the artist reimagined his journey, she considered what he may have seen in the water as he fled.
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.
