Safe Heaven (Purple)

  • Dates
    2013 - 2013
  • Author
  • Topics Portrait, Editorial, Documentary

This is the second chapter of the series Safe Heaven.

This is the second chapter of the series Safe Heaven. Her name is Maribel and her color is purple.

I have photographed migrant women at their homes and during their daily lives. Homes have deep emotional meaning. Through their homes we get to know them, their motivations, their thoughts and aspirations along with the conditions they live in revealing how much they have achieved and struggled. They have painted and decorated their rooms according to their own personal story and choice. With both chapters I am exploring the notion of safety and confidence in relation to spaces.

Safe Heaven is a new interpretation of immigration using color as a unifying metaphor of diversity and acceptance.

© Ruth Prieto - A Virgin of Guadalupe´s toy on the shelve. In the background a Barbie figure stands along with all the other toys.
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A Virgin of Guadalupe´s toy on the shelve. In the background a Barbie figure stands along with all the other toys.

© Ruth Prieto - Sisters share the bed while playing.
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Sisters share the bed while playing.

© Ruth Prieto - Maribel dresses her older daughter Sherlyne.
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Maribel dresses her older daughter Sherlyne.

© Ruth Prieto - Rests of food on the table.
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Rests of food on the table.

© Ruth Prieto - Image from the Safe Heaven (Purple) photography project
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Maribel (21) lives in two bedroom apartment. She shares one room with her husband a two daughters. They live with another Mexican family.

© Ruth Prieto - A barbie doll stands on the shelve.
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A barbie doll stands on the shelve.

© Ruth Prieto - Image from the Safe Heaven (Purple) photography project
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Maribel has been pregnant for six months. She has been married for two years. Her husband works double shifts and gets home very late. She usually stays home and takes care of her little girls Sherlyne (2) and Evelyn (9 months).

© Ruth Prieto - Maribel struggles with the kid who had been sick and refuses to eat.
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Maribel struggles with the kid who had been sick and refuses to eat.

© Ruth Prieto - Sherlyne (2) plays with her roommate´s playmat.
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Sherlyne (2) plays with her roommate´s playmat.

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