Naomieh Jovin: There Is a Name For Women Like My Mother
Naomieh Jovin
Seeking out the stories flying under the national radar, The Nation and Magnum Foundation are partnering on What’s At Stake, a series of photo essays from across the country through the lenses of independent image-makers.
This week, Naomieh Jovin shares her experience as a Haitian American image maker, shaped by the resilient women in her family.
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“When I told my godmother that I wanted to become a photographer, she jokingly asked me, ‘So you can go to Haiti, be like all the other journalists and photograph just the bad stuff?’ This is every Haitian immigrant’s story: We are here in America and all we see in the news is a grim representation of the home we know and love. It’s no surprise that people like my godmother look down on photographers—they tend to only show what America wants to see.”