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Quince (Fifteen) from the series Transterrestria
Quince (Fifteen) from the series Transterrestria
© Estate of Diego Camposeco. Image courtesy of the artist’s estate.

Quince (Fifteen) from the series Transterrestria

Artist (Born in Burgaw, North Carolina, 1992–2019)
Date2014 (printed 2021)
MediumArchival ink print
Dimensions24 1/4 × 29 inches (61.6 × 73.66 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2021.11.3
Collections
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
  • ART OF THE UNITED STATES
  • MODERN & CONTEMPORARY
  • WORKS ON PAPER
Label TextDiego Camposeco’s family migrated to North Carolina from Mexico in the early 1990s as part of a large wave of immigrants that has made North Carolina home to one of the fastest growing Latino populations in the country. The symbols and colors Camposeco uses in his photographs are informed by his Mexican American background, and an interest in how the migrant worker economy has influenced southern landscapes and culture. His masked and costumed subjects address identity and tradition, as in Quince (Fifteen), where a young woman stands in a Home Depot aisle with an orange background, wearing a bright blue quinceañera dress—a symbol of the Latina celebration for a girl’s fifteenth birthday. Through first-hand experiences, Camposeco examines how Latino immigrants have changed physical spaces and maintained surrounding landscapes through their own labor and cultures.