Afro-Puerto Rican photographers reclaim image, identity, and archive at Museo Afro Casa Silvana.
9 April 2026
Deyaneira Lucero Maldonado, “Guaraguao”, 2023 / 13 ⅛” x ⅛”, Digital Photograph on Luster Fine Art Paper
In Humacao, Puerto Rico, a quiet yet urgent reframing of photographic practice unfolds with ‘Dim Light: Afro-Puerto Rican Photography’, on view at the Museo Afro Casa Silvana. Bringing together ten contemporary artists from the island and its diaspora, the exhibition marks the first collective presentation dedicated to Afro-Puerto Rican photography, foregrounding a field that has long been present yet historically underacknowledged.
Originally shown at the 3rd Black Brazil Art Biennial in 2024, the exhibition arrives in Humacao with renewed resonance, tracing a visual language that is at once intimate and political. Works by Brenda Cruz Díaz, Deyaneira Lucero Maldonado, Germán Ayala Vázquez, Jorly Flores, Victoria Nicole Martínez, Brenda Torres Figueroa, Ketsia Camacho Ramos, Elías Carmona Rivera, José Arturo Ballester Panelli, and Andrés Miró Lugo unfold across themes of family, spirituality, resistance, and everyday life.
What emerges is not a singular narrative but a constellation of Afro-descendant identities, articulated through distinct photographic strategies that challenge dominant representations. Here, the camera becomes both witness and collaborator, shaping an archive grounded in lived experience.
Installed in the Conrado Room, the exhibition situates itself within broader efforts to redefine Puerto Rican photography, asserting visibility while insisting on complexity, nuance, and self-representation.
This exhibition is on view at Museo Afro Casa Silvana until 16 May 2026.
