FINDING HOME: Portraits and Memories of Immigrants (Hardcover)

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BY BECKY FIELD
96 Pages, Hardcover
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Finding Home is a celebration of people from other countries who have resettled in New Hampshire, a state known for low cultural diversity. Photographer Becky Field has been documenting cultural diversity in the state since 2012. Now, in addition to their portraits, she met with 40 immigrants to record and transcribe their memories of life in the home country and their journeys to find a new home in the Granite State. Some came to escape violence; some came for love; some came for education. Some are teenagers with a lot of life ahead of them; some are elders with long memories of their journeys. The stories show the resilience and determination of people to find a safe home, good education for their children, work to support their families, and freedom to practice their faith. The photographic portraits show the beauty and vitality of cultural diversity that contributes to all our communities.

PRAISE OF "FINDING HOME" FROM MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW:

Critique: A pleasure to simply browse through one page at a time, "Finding Home: Portraits and Memories of Immigrants" is a unique and extraordinary contribution to our current and on-going national dialogue over immigration. Beautifully illustrated throughout with full color photography, "Finding Home" is a coffee-table style volume (10.1 x 0.6 x 11.4 inches) that will prove to be a welcome and appreciated addition to personal, community, college, and university library Contemporary American Photography collections and would well serve as a template for similar immigration oriented projects.

- Margaret Lane, Reviewer

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Since 2012, photographer Becky Field has documented the lives of immigrants and refugees in New Hampshire in a large body of work Her images show that, while we have different cultural roots, we all have the same dreams for safe homes, good jobs, a strong future for our children, and freedom to practice our traditions.

Becky has published two books from this work. Different Roots, Common Dreams: New Hampshire’s Cultural Diversity won two national awards. Finding Home: Portraits and Memories of Immigrants is a collection of 40 immigrants’ stories and portraits. All net proceeds from her book sales go to nonprofits that support refugees.

Becky holds a certificate in photography from the New Hampshire Institute of Art and has studied at photography centers throughout the Northeast. In past work she was a wildlife research ecologist. She has a doctoral degree in wildlife ecology and lives in Concord, New Hampshire

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