Makayla Rose Thomas
In this unconventional self-portrait, I use moving images to narrate my lived experiences in the Bronx; this piece pays homage to friends, family members, and strangers, as well as to the bedrooms, rooftops, waterfronts, and streetscapes that raised me. Constructed as a video journal and accompanied by diegetic soundscapes of the Bronx and audio clipped from a conversation between me and my peers in which we discuss our present lives and the future, this moving time capsule marks the end of one part of my life as I look forward to a new chapter, post-graduation.
Makayla Thomas is a photographer born and based in The Bronx, New York.
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