"WE ARE ALL IMMIGRANTS"
by Axel Void
Alejandro Hugo Dorda Mevs, aka Axel Void, was born in Miami to a Haitian mother and Spanish father, and grew up in Spain eventually returning to Miami in his mid-20s. A few days before he was scheduled to participate in the @BrandedArts curated Maya Angelou Mural Festival in May, 2019, he took a walk through the South Central Los Angeles neighborhood surrounding the E 53rd St @Dr.MayaAngelouHS. Void began chatting with a Mexican American family cooking in their front yard and was soon invited to share their meal and conversation. Void's picture of 4-year-old Nico jumping into frame in the sunshine in front of the family captured the simplicity of every day life and the underlying truth that when we spend time getting to know people our differences "only serve as a strong link for interaction and conversation." @axelvoid/
