En Medio de la Nostalgia

  • Dates
    2020 - Ongoing
  • Author
  • Topics Social Issues, Contemporary Issues, Fine Art
  • Location Texas, United States

En Medio de la Nostalgia is an art series that explores identity, multiculturalism, and Mexican-American border issues. Through still lifes, portraiture, and archives I explore my personal identity.

En Medio de la Nostalgia is an art series that explores identity, multiculturalism, and Mexican-American border issues. As a half German, half Peruvian woman who grew up in Brownsville, TX, feeling stretched between four cultures has led to a strong interest in issues of identity in my photographic work. This body of work explores the similarities and differences between my four cultures (German, Peruvian, Mexican, American) through research, the exploration of creating photographs, and the use of symbolism related to each culture combining them to find new meaning that represents my experience. Through still lifes, portraiture, and archives I explore the history of my family throughout several generations.

© Chantal Lesley - Portrait of my mother as a child
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Portrait of my mother as a child

© Chantal Lesley - Portrait of a man I never knew
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Portrait of a man I never knew

© Chantal Lesley - My tripping tongue makes me feel like a fraud
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My tripping tongue makes me feel like a fraud

© Chantal Lesley - It will be here when you come back
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It will be here when you come back

© Chantal Lesley - Confirmed Bitch
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Confirmed Bitch

© Chantal Lesley - Portrait of my father as a child
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Portrait of my father as a child

© Chantal Lesley - Same, but different
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Same, but different

© Chantal Lesley - Making it in America
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Making it in America

© Chantal Lesley - In the midst of my nostalgia
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In the midst of my nostalgia

© Chantal Lesley - I've spent so much money trying to look like you
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I've spent so much money trying to look like you

© Chantal Lesley - Where you least expect it
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Where you least expect it

© Chantal Lesley - Self Portrait: What are you?
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Self Portrait: What are you?

© Chantal Lesley - Chantal and Chantal
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Chantal and Chantal

© Chantal Lesley - Curanderas
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Curanderas

© Chantal Lesley - Lupita's Bridal Boutique
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Lupita's Bridal Boutique

© Chantal Lesley - Just Landed
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Just Landed

© Chantal Lesley - Cholas y Pishtacos
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Cholas y Pishtacos

© Chantal Lesley - Not Less
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Not Less

© Chantal Lesley - It's hard to find a home
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It's hard to find a home

© Chantal Lesley - La alegria de la familia
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La alegria de la familia

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