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![In a world that often tries to shrink us, creativity becomes a way of widening our existence. This photo essay is rooted in the belief that for BIPOC artists, making art is more than expression, it is resistance, survival, and a quiet reclamation of space. To create is to insist on presence. It is to say, I am here, in a landscape that does not always make room for us.
To Create Is to Endure focuses on BIPOC photographers and image-makers across Chicago whose practices explore identity, memory, and representation. Each portrait I took of a photographer is paired with documentary-style moments of process, loading film, setting up light, reviewing contact sheets—all captured inside studios and personal workspaces. These in-between moments reveal how the lens becomes both a tool of expression and a form of survival, shaping how artists see themselves and how their communities are seen.
Read more from Genesis Falls (@geno_tatted) in her photo essay "To Create Is to Endure" at the link in bio.
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Images: [1] Image: A black and white film scan captures photographer Han on cam holding their camera. [2] Detail of a black and white film scan captures photographer Han on cam holding her camera to her face as if she is taking a photo simultaneously. [3] A black and white film capture of photographer Josue Cuyun standing in the middle of the frame with his camera hanging on his neck. [4] Black and white capture of photographer Sam Wilson holding her camera in her hands while smiling and standing at the bottom of a white staircase. [6] Black and white captures= of photographer Carlos Martinez sitting in his studio and holding his guitar. Photos by Genesis Falls. Image: A black and white film scan captures photographer Han on cam holding their camera. Photo by Genesis Falls.](https://s6.imginn.com/653073264_18574603198044614_3110922419096399589_n.jpg?t51.82787-15/653073264_18574603198044614_3110922419096399589_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_p828x828_tt6&_nc_cat=105&ig_cache_key=Mzg1NTUwNTQ2NDgxMDA1NjE1Mg%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IkNBUk9VU0VMX0lURU0ueHBpZHMuMTA4MC5zZHIucmVndWxhcl9waG90by5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=o1pmpkQxOfsQ7kNvwEmgEwY&_nc_oc=AdpKRmR_eyyrKj_lF2nwLepbTRsVisixwdWbIt4Vgu0ZsRttqIB-9zFOj9FNzCSqDdLODK29hMHktZyVE8GXr_6C&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-phl2-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=mvKxYE4cWMCE3KjjhXZehQ&_nc_ss=7a20f&oh=00_AQO1zOMBMOOWJA1A1JbIF7yiU8-w3Fs3yEV3jzX1523WCg&oe=6AE08ABB)
