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Tino

My name is Tino. I was raised in the Red Hook Houses by my undocumented mother, who came to Brooklyn with my father from Mexico in 1990. Neither of my parents went to college and during most of my teen years, a college education was not something I even considered.  I was repeatedly told that I was “at-risk” because of my economic and environmental circumstance. My work centered around performances and celebrating people of color. Through my work I give a platform to people who are underrepresented in mainstream media, allowing these people a chance to be in the limelight. In my work I reflect on moments when people of color are proudly themselves outside of external preconceptions. Through photography and video, I aims to lift his own personal/familial history up into the American narrative. I graduated from Hampshire College with a bachelor of arts degree, with a focus in film and photography. Currently getting his MFA in photography at ICP-Bard