Photographer Carolina Arantes, the winner the Firecracker photographic grant in 2017, documents the daily life of French women of African heritage in their search for a solid mixed identity in the country, through her long-term First Génération project, published in a new book by fisheye editions
The first generation of African-French citizens born in France after the country’s 1976 law of family reunification is a generation struggling for its place between the feeling of not belonging and its geographical origins. This is a documentary work formed by interviews, family archives and portraits of women conscious of their struggle in the country.
Young teenagers playing in front of their family house in Bezons, Île de France. Continue reading...
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