Yilapho isidingo sami sokuthwebula okhokho bami siqala khona, ngenxa yesifiso sokuthola izimpande zami zomdabu, umlando wami womndeni, nokuthanda kwami ukwazi engingakwaziyo ...
Ukhokho lwami lwaqala ngokufika kukaRichard Platt, waseNgilandi (1604-1685), owaya e-United States ngo-1638; izizukulwane eziyisikhombisa kamuva kwazalwa ukhokho wami, uFrederick Platt (1841-1893). Ngo-1867, ukhokho wami wathatha isinqumo sokushiya eNew York, aye eCalifornia. Endleleni yakhe, uFrederick wanquma ukuya eSonora ngenxa "yokuqhuma igolide", efinyelela edolobheni laseLecoripa, lapho abantu bomdabu babesalwela indawo yabo. Ngaleso sikhathi, uhulumeni waphuca abantu bomdabu izindawo zabo ukuze azithengise kubantu bokufika abashade nabesifazane baseMexico, okuyicala elifanayo lokhokho wami.
Yilapho isidingo sami sokuthwebula okhokho bami siqala khona, ngenxa yesifiso sokuthola izimpande zami zomdabu, umlando wami womndeni, kanye nokukhathazeka kwami ngokwazi engingakwaziyo. Ekufuneni kwami ubufakazi obuthile ngokwenzeka eminyakeni lapho ukhokho wami efika eSonora, ngathola ukubulawa kwabantu okwenzeka ngo-1868, lapho kwaba khona izingxabano eziningi phakathi kwabantu bomdabu nabelungu (bezimisele ngokuthatha umhlaba wabaphambilini ). Ngalowo nyaka, uhulumeni wesifundazwe wayalela, kusihlwa ngoFebhuwari 18, ukubulawa kwabantu kweziboshwa ezingama-600 zamaNdiya aseYaqui esontweni laseBacum.
Amasimu omndeni wami adluliselwe esizukulwaneni ngesizukulwane; okokuqala kumkhulu wami uFederico (1876-1958); bese kubaba (1917-1981). Bengihlala ngimuzwa ethi uma eseneminyaka cishe eyisishiyagalolunye ubudala, wabona amadoda anezinwele ezinde egibele amahhashi engenazibopho, ephethe iminsalo nemicibisholo, nokuthi ayabajaha. Manje izizukulwane ezintsha sezitholile izindawo ezikweletini zezindlela ezintsha zokuphila esiziholayo, ngaphandle kokubona ububi obenzayo.
Ukucinga kwami kulesi simo ukwazi ukuthi yini engingayazi, nokuthi yini engicabanga ukuthi angisoze ngakwazi futhi ngiyiqonde. Ukwazi ukuthi izizukulwane zomndeni wami bezihlala emazweni obekungawomdabu, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi akuwona wodwa umndeni esizweni sakithi, kodwa ukuthi sibaningi, kungimema ukuthi ngikhombise ngalo msebenzi ukuwutusa ngokujulile, uhlanga lwakithi, ngenxa yokhokho bami hhayi base-United States, kodwa abavela eMexico; Nginganikela kuphela ngalezi zithombe njengenhlonipho ekuhluphekeni esisaqhubeka ukukwenza ... ngaphandle kokwazi esingakwazi.
ALEJANDRA PLATT
Wazalelwa eHermosillo, eSonora, ngo-1960. Uhlala phakathi kweSonora ne-Arizona. I-FONCA Co-investment Grant, 1999, nephrojekthi ethi "In the name of God" kanye neState Fund for Culture and the Arts of Sonora, 1993, nephrojekthi "Hijos del Sol".
Uke waba nemibukiso eminingi engafani futhi phakathi kwezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu yilezi: I-Arizona State Museum enombukiso nengqungquthela "Egameni likaNkulunkulu", eTucson, Arizona, USA, 2003; I-Mexican Community Centre kanye ne-Consulate General yase-Mexico, i-The Center for Mexican American Studies & ne-College of Liberal Arts yase-University of Texas yase-Austin, ngombukiso kanye nengqungquthela “In the name of God”, Austin, Texas, USA, 2002 Ukwethulwa kwencwadi ethi "In the name of God", Centro de la Imagen, Mexico, DF, 2000. NoJosé Luis Cuevas Museum nge "Hijos del Sol", Mexico, DF, 1996.
Phakathi kwamaqoqo kukhona "Abathwebuli Zithombe baseMexico", Photo September, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2003. "Homenaje al Padre Kino", Segno, Trento, Italy, 2002. "Latin American Photography Show", San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1997 naku México, DF, 1996. “Con Ojos de Mujer”, Lima, Peru, Antwerp, Belgium and Madrid, Spain, 1996 and Beijing, China, 1995. Kanye ne- “VI Photography Biennial”, Mexico, DF, 1994.
Imisebenzi yakhe ikumaqoqo azimele eTucson, Arizona, USA, 2003 naseHermosillo, Sonora, 2002. Ezikhungweni ezahlukene naseminyuziyamu efana neFrank Waters Foundation, Taos, New Mexico, USA, 2002. Museum of Anthropology and History, INAH , Mexico, DF, 2000. Museum of Santo Domingo, INAH, Oaxaca, Oax., 1998. University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, 1996. NeSonoran Institute of Culture, Hermosillo, Sonora.
