Play Mas

  • Dates
    2016 - 2016
  • Author
  • Topics Portrait, Street Photography, Documentary
  • Location Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago

Experiencing this particular version of carnival was a freedom that I had never ever seen and what I tried to capture in these photographs.

In 2016 I attended Trinidad's carnival for the first time. These were photographed on that trip. Being of Caribbean descent, carnival, soca music, and the culture, in general, was very familiar. This trip was special because it was the first time that I experienced this culture, my culture fully embraced by society.

To experience that particular version of carnival was a freedom that I had never ever seen and what I tried to capture in these photographs. One of the great things about it is that it's a multi-generational event So you see your grandma, aunties, the children, everybody participating. The whole place shuts down just to have this release. It's a time to set aside everyday individuality and experience a heightened sense of social unity. It feels like everyone in attendance understands that this release and unity is imperative to the workings of society.

Play Mas by Mz. Icar

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