Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Quote

Showing poverty is such a large part of my work because another thing that I am finding is that for me personally, doing this work helps me in trying to come to grips with my own upbringing and all that occurred during that time. Basically, this work to me is a sort of time for reflection, a pseudo inventory of "this is your life," a way to try to accept the concept of what was so inevitable.


Buffalo Rising interview (2007)


Showing poverty is such a large part of my work because another thing that I am finding is that for me personally, doing this work helps me in trying ...

Showing poverty is such a large part of my work because another thing that I am finding is that for me personally, doing this work helps me in trying ...

Showing poverty is such a large part of my work because another thing that I am finding is that for me personally, doing this work helps me in trying ...

Showing poverty is such a large part of my work because another thing that I am finding is that for me personally, doing this work helps me in trying ...