Anan ne inda bukatara ta daukar hoto na kakannina ta fara, saboda sha'awar nemo asali na, asalin iyalina da kuma shakuwar sanin abinda ban sani ba ...
Kakannina ya fara ne da zuwan Richard Platt, daga Ingila (1604-1685), wanda ya tafi Amurka a 1638; tsara bakwai bayan haka an haifi kakana, Frederick Platt (1841-1893). A 1867, kakana ya yanke shawarar barin New York, zuwa California. A kan hanyarsa, Frederick ya yanke shawarar zuwa Sonora saboda "saurin zinare", ya isa garin Lecoripa, inda 'yan asalin ƙasar ke ci gaba da gwagwarmaya don yankinsu. A waccan lokacin, gwamnati ta kwace yan asalin yankin daga filayensu don ta sayar dasu ga baƙon da matan Mexico suka aura, irin yanayin da kakana yake dashi.
Anan ne inda bukatara ta daukar hotunan kakannina ta fara, saboda sha'awar nemo asalina, tarihin iyalina da kuma yawan son sanin abin da ban sani ba. A binciken da nake yi na neman wasu shaidu game da abin da ya faru a shekarun da kakana ya iso Sonora, na tarar da kisan kiyashi da ya faru a 1868, inda rikice-rikice da yawa suka faru tsakanin 'yan asalin ƙasar da fararen fata (masu sha'awar ƙwace ƙasashen tsohuwar. ). A waccan shekarar, gwamnatin tarayya ta ba da umarnin kisan gillar da aka yiwa fursunonin Yaqui Indiya 600 a cocin Bacum a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu da daddare.
Beenasunan iyalina sun kasance daga tsara zuwa tsara; na farko ga kakana Federico (1876-1958); sannan ga mahaifina (1917-1981). Na kasance ina jin sa yana cewa lokacin da yake kusan shekara tara, sai ya ga wasu dogayen mutane suna hawa dawakai ba tare da sirdi ba, da kwari da baka, kuma suna bin su. Yanzu sababbin ƙarni sun sami ƙasashe cikin bashi don sababbin hanyoyin rayuwar da muke gudanarwa, ba tare da sanin muguntar da muke aikatawa ba.
Binciken da nake yi a cikin wannan halin shine sanin abin da ban sani ba, da kuma abin da nake tsammanin ba zan taɓa sani da fahimta ba. Sanin cewa tsararrakin iyalina sun rayu a kan filaye mallakar 'yan asalin, kuma na san cewa ba ita kaɗai ce iyali a cikin ƙasarmu ba, amma cewa mu ne mafiya yawa, ya gayyace ni in nuna tare da wannan aikin ina matuƙar sha'awar sa, na tsere, saboda kakannina ba daga Amurka ba, amma daga Mexico; Ya rage gareni in baku wadannan hotunan a matsayin girmamawa ga wahalar da muke ci gaba da haddasawa ... ba tare da sanin abin da bamu sani ba.
ALEJANDRA PLATT
An haifeshi ne a Hermosillo, Sonora, a shekarar 1960. Yana zaune tsakanin Sonora da Arizona. FONCA Co-investment Grant, 1999, tare da aikin "Da sunan Allah" da Asusun Jiha na Al'adu da Abubuwan Sonora, 1993, tare da aikin "Hijos del Sol".
Ya yi nune-nunen mutane da yawa kuma daga cikin mahimman abubuwa sune: Gidan Tarihi na Jihar Arizona tare da baje koli da taron "Da sunan Allah", Tucson, Arizona, Amurka, 2003; Cibiyar Al'umma ta Mexico da Consulate General na Mexico, Cibiyar Nazarin Amurka ta Meziko & Kwalejin Kwalejin Liberal Arts na Jami'ar Texas na Austin, tare da baje koli da taro "Da sunan Allah", Austin, Texas, Amurka, 2002 Gabatar da littafin "Da sunan Allah", Centro de la Imagen, Mexico, DF, 2000. Da kuma José Luis Cuevas Museum tare da "Hijos del Sol", Mexico, DF, 1996.
Daga cikin ƙungiyar akwai “Masu ɗaukar hoto na Mexico”, Hoton Satumba, Tucson, Arizona, Amurka, 2003. “Homenaje al Padre Kino”, Segno, Trento, Italiya, 2002. “Nunin Hoton Latin Amurka”, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1997 da México, DF, 1996. "Con Ojos de Mujer", Lima, Peru, Antwerp, Belgium da Madrid, Spain, 1996 da Beijing, China, 1995. Da kuma "VI Photography Biennial", Mexico, DF, 1994.
Ayyukansa suna cikin tarin kuɗi a cikin Tucson, Arizona, Amurka, 2003 da Hermosillo, Sonora, 2002. A cikin cibiyoyi daban-daban da gidajen tarihi irin su Frank 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. Da kuma Sonoran Institute of Culture, Hermosillo, Sonora.
