As a part of the 2020 En Foco Fellowship my photographs of my parents and the impact of gentrification from my "(Dis)Placed in Sunset Park" series were supposed to be exhibited in a group show. Due to COVID-19 the show was online.
The photographs were also featured on the cover of En Foco’s Nueva Luz Magazine, CLICK HERE to see the issue.
Here are some of the photos that are part of the exhibition below
I'm also excited to announce that one of my photographs of my mother is on the cover of their magazine "Nueva Luz"
Description of the work:
Betty Yu follows a joint story of the relationship between her parents as they do everyday errands within the backdrop of the working-class immigrant neighborhood of Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The neighborhood is facing and actively confronting accelerated displacement and gentrification, which makes itself so visible by the giant new structures right up against her family’s home. The En Foco 2020 Photography Fellowship Exhibition: Your Reflection, This Memory features the works of Akshay Bhoan, Johnnie Chatman, Odette Chavez-Mayo, Luis Diaz, Roberta Dorsett & Clarissa B. Aponte (Collaborators), Jon Henry, Antonio Johnson, Rahul Majumdar, Josefina Moran, and Betty Yu, and is curated by Julia Mata. The exhibition was originally scheduled to be held at BronxArtSpace, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was transitioned to an online exhibition.
The En Foco Fellowship photographers in each of their distinct ways, meticulously use their powers of observation, commentary, and response to create images that document a variety of realities. The fellows create both staged and spontaneous shots of interpersonal relationships, city and home landscapes, social and political dynamics, and their collaborative processes with each other. Through each of their bodies of work they amplify concrete realities as well as staged interpretations that display the underbelly of the social structures we live in. The work is a range of styles and outlooks, from different vantage points of the contemporary photography world. We have the straightforward report-style approach of an investigator seeking out the truth right up next to a more contemplative and surreal project. It’s a sample of the field of new works by some very strong and very different voices.