Ma ʻaneʻi kahi e pono ai kaʻu paʻi kiʻi ʻana i koʻu mau kūpuna, no ka ʻiʻini e ʻike i kaʻu aʻa ʻōiwi, ka moʻolelo o koʻu ʻohana a me koʻu pīhoihoi e ʻike i ka mea aʻu e ʻike ʻole ai ...
Ua hoʻomaka koʻu kūpuna me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o Richard Platt, mai ʻEnelani (1604-1685), ka mea i hele i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1638; ʻehiku hanauna ma hope mai hānau ʻia koʻu kupuna kāne, ʻo Frederick Platt (1841-1893). I ka makahiki 1867, ua hoʻoholo koʻu kupuna kāne e haʻalele iā Nu Ioka, e hele i Kaleponi. I kona ala, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Frederick e hele i Sonora ma muli o ka "wikiwiki gula", a hōʻea i ke kaona ʻo Lecoripa, kahi e hakakā nei nā ʻōiwi no ko lākou panalāʻau. I kēlā manawa, huki ke aupuni i nā lāhui ʻōiwi o ko lākou ʻāina e kūʻai aku iā lākou i nā haole i mare ʻia i nā wahine Mekiko, ka hihia like a koʻu kupuna kāne.
Ma ʻaneʻi kahi e pono ai kaʻu paʻi kiʻi ʻana i koʻu mau kūpuna, ma muli o ka ʻiʻini e ʻike i kaʻu aʻa ʻōiwi, ka moʻolelo o koʻu ʻohana a me koʻu pīhoihoi e ʻike i ka mea aʻu e ʻike ʻole ai. I kaʻu ʻimi ʻana i nā hōʻike e pili ana i nā mea i hana ʻia i loko o nā makahiki i hiki aku koʻu kupuna kāne kāne i Sonora, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi luku nui i hana ʻia i ka makahiki 1868, a he nui nā paio i hana ʻia ma waena o nā ʻōiwi a me nā poʻe ʻili (makemake e hopu i nā ʻāina o ka mea kahiko. ). I kēlā makahiki, kauoha ke aupuni pekelala, i ka pō o Pepeluali 18, ka luku nui ʻana o 600 mau pio India Yaqui i loko o ka hale pule o Bacum.
Ua hoʻoili ʻia nā ʻāina o koʻu ʻohana mai kēlā hanauna i kēia hanauna; ʻo ka mua i koʻu kupunakāne ʻo Federico (1876-1958); a laila i koʻu makuakāne (1917-1981). Lohe wau iā ia e ʻōlelo ana i kona wā ʻeiwa paha makahiki, ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā kāne me nā lauoho lōʻihi e holo lio ana me nā noho lio, me nā kakaka a me nā pua, a ke alualu nei lākou iā lākou. I kēia manawa ua loaʻa i nā hanauna hou nā ʻāina i ka ʻaiʻē no nā ala hou o ke ola a mākou e alakaʻi nei, me ka ʻike ʻole i ka hewa a mākou e hana nei.
ʻO kaʻu ʻimi i kēia kūlana e ʻike i ka mea aʻu e ʻike ʻole ai, a me kaʻu e manaʻo nei ʻaʻole wau e ʻike a hoʻomaopopo. ʻO ka ʻike e noho ana nā hanauna o koʻu ʻohana ma nā ʻāina pili i ka poʻe ʻōiwi, a ʻike wau ʻaʻole wale ia ka ʻohana o ko mākou lāhui, akā ʻo mākou ka hapanui, ke kono mai iaʻu e hōʻike me kēia hana i ka mahalo nui iā ia. koʻu lāhui, no koʻu mau kūpuna ʻaʻole no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā no Mekiko mai; Hiki iaʻu ke hāʻawi wale i kēia mau kiʻi me ke aloha i ka ʻeha a mākou e hoʻomau nei e hana ... me ka ʻike ʻole i ka mea a mākou e ʻike ʻole ai.
ALEJANDRA PLATT
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Hermosillo, Sonora, i ka makahiki 1960. Noho ʻo ia ma waena o Sonora a me ʻAlikona. ʻO FONCA Co-Investment Grant, 1999, me ka papahana "Ma ka inoa o ke Akua" a me ka Waihona Moku'āina no ka moʻomeheu a me nā hana a Sonora, 1993, me ka papahana "Hijos del Sol".
Ua loaʻa iā ia he mau hōʻikeʻike he nui a ma waena o nā mea nui loa ʻo: Hale Hōʻikeʻike Mokuʻāina ʻo Arizona me ka hōʻike a me ka ʻaha kūkā "Ma ka inoa o ke Akua", Tucson, ʻA Arizona, USA, 2003; Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Mekiko a me ka Consulate General o Mekiko, Ke Kikowaena no ka ʻImi ʻAmelika Mekiko a me ke Kulanui o nā Hana Libera o ke Kulanui o Texas o Austin, me kahi hōʻike a me kahi ʻaha kūkā "Ma ka inoa o ke Akua", Austin, Texas, USA, 2002 Hōʻike o ka puke "Ma ka inoa o ke Akua", Centro de la Imagen, Mekiko, DF, 2000. A me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo José Luis Cuevas me "Hijos del Sol", Mexico, DF, 1996.
Aia ma waena o nā mea hui pū nā "Photographers Mekiko", Photo September, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2003. "Homenaje al Padre Kino", Segno, Trento, ʻItalia, 2002. México, DF, 1996. "Con Ojos de Mujer", Lima, Peru, Antwerp, Pelekiuma a me Madrid, Sepania, 1996 a me Beijing, Kina, 1995. A me ka "VI Photography Biennial", Mexico, DF, 1994.
Aia kāna mau hana i nā hōʻiliʻili pilikino ma Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2003 a me Hermosillo, Sonora, 2002. Ma nā keʻena like ʻole a me nā hale hōʻikeʻike e like me ka Frank Waters Foundation, Taos, New Mexico, USA, 2002. Museum of Anthropology and History, INAH , Mekiko, DF, 2000. Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Santo Domingo, INAH, Oaxaca, Oax., 1998. Kulanui o Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, 1996. A ʻo ka Sonoran Institute of Culture, Hermosillo, Sonora.
