Memorias de migración: 'The Papa Them', muestra fotográfica de Diego Conde

Abstract

The paper presents an analysis of Diego Conde's photographic collection called"The Papa Them." Conde is the only photographer of the Puerto Rican migration to the island of St. Croix, USVI. Fuentes Rivera, the author of this paper, uses a literary perspective where everything is a representation. The discussion is geared around migration, photography and memory. Fuentes Rivera emphasizes that the collection creates a family album for the migrant community, and points out (as Conde states) that its cultural transformation is always from a Puerto Rican standpoint (Papa Them/ CrucianRican/ PortoCrucian). This article includes a table with a description of the photo collection, which is narrated by HIM.