In my World War II series, photographs act as an integral component to the images and the serigraph printing process. The chosen photographs represent the poignant time, during World War II, of Latino communities’ contribution to the U.S. armed forces.
The photos were used as part of a matrix that appears in some of the prints. The number and variety of the photos resulted in each print becoming a monoprint rather than an edition, with each one composed with a different color scheme, image and substrate. Since the screen-printing process is adaptable, the process used to create these prints was more of an experimental approach. Also, I felt the collage of photos is an important element because it did not limit me to only one method of including the photo process.
The prints express the human and personal quality the photographs provide, because the photographs are from private collections. It was important to convey this feeling of embedded emotion contained in each print to evoke the sentimentality of the photograph and the original scene. My technique of blending the disparate surfaces is important to convey this visual story of the images. The photos then act as visual catalysts to a past that was engaged in a struggle for freedom and equality on all land fronts.
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