I read about an interesting post-9/11 art project called The Real Story of the Superheroes on we-make-money-not-art.
The photographer, Dulce Pinzon, was born in Mexico but currently resides in the U.S. In a collection of 12 striking photos, Pinzon depicts the lives of Mexican immigrant workers living in New York. Each is wearing a superhero costume as they go about their usual work routine.
The photo shown here, called "Aquaman," depicts a young man, Juventino Rosas, cleaning fish. Along with the name and place of origin of each individual, Pinzon has included the amount each person sends home--superheroically--to family in Mexico each week.
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This is a great exhibit T. I loved the intersection of being "super hero" while doing something that most of us folks in the U.S. can't even imagine doing: moving to a completely foreign country to make paltry wages and then sending much it back to one's extended family in the "homeland".
My favorite was Batman. (I also loved the fact that these folks agreed to wear these costumes.) Catwoman sends $400 a week to her family based on her earnings as a babysitter! Ohmigod!
Interesting that he chose the character Robin to charaterize the role of the male prostitute who sends $200 to his family. What a novel idea: imagining the character Robin as a sort of boy toy/prostitute. Plus, the real world Robin did seem very cute from the pic I saw. Does that make me a whore?
"Something's burning whore!"
"Good lesbian."
Posted by Joe G. | February 21, 2007 8:49 AM
Posted on February 21, 2007 08:49