A brief essay detailing the inspiration, backstory, and goals of the Liminal Photography Project in collaboration with Lead360.
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Palmares Bustamante
(she/her) Mentee
Palmares Bustamante is a writer and multimedia artist originally from Brooklyn, New York. She is a student at LaGuardia High School, and specializes in costume design and draping. After starting off with poetry, she has grown into an essayist, photographer, sewist, and potter. Her goal being to use art to inspire connection and advocacy. Palmares has had her work featured in Arts and Activism Youth Gallery, Scholastic Awards, and is a recipient of the Creatives Want Change Fellowship. She continues her journey as she further develops her non-profit, Liminal Photography Project, and begins her work on her upcoming essay series.
Favorite Authors & Artists
Erika Sanchez, Toni Morrison, Rita Mae Brown
Artist‘s Statement
Throughout the year I have been building a non-profit in collaboration with the Girls Write Now Lead 360 program: Liminal Photography Project. Our mission at Liminal Photography Project is to provide free portraiture photography to families facing challenges or experiencing transitions, at no cost to them. At its highest level, this work is rooted in fostering connection, inclusivity and empowerment. We believe a giving economy is the most sustainable and powerful way to take care of everyone.
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The Hill
We all live in a world of constant turnover and change. All it takes is a moment to recognize that every change lives inside of us.