Our Photos at The Met

Our photographs are at The Met! Last month, The Met announced its first public employee exhibition Art Work: Artists Working at The Met. Our work has never been exhibited and having our first exhibition at The Met was a huge honor.

Doing it together was also very special. As a couple who works together, we are part of each other’s creative process. We’re there to brainstorm, read first drafts, and join the ride from idea to completion. Celebrating our first exhibition together at The Met meant everything. These are the photos we selected and the stories behind them.

DOS
Aurola Wedman Alfaro, 2022

I was born and raised in Costa Rica. I had the privilege of being born with two citizenships: Costa Rican and Estadounidense. However, I didn’t fully encounter the second part of my identity until I moved to the U.S. in 2016. I experienced life through Costa Rican culture in its beautiful tropical landscape. Now, I’m learning and looking at experiences through a different worldview. DOS (two in Spanish) is about duality, about the person I was and the person I am — the Costa Rican Aurola and the New Yorker Aurola, which are different and simultaneously the same. DOS is meant to inspire others to experience new versions of themselves without forgetting their roots. It invites viewers to share, love, and celebrate all of the bits and pieces that make them who they are.

SILENCED
William Víquez Mora, 2016

I’m not angry anymore. I don’t remember what planted the rage in me the day I took the photo. It was not planned. I just got up from bed and felt this need to scream. I didn’t, not out loud at least. Instead, I held it down, I set my tripod and my camera on top. I put my swimming cap on my face and let out a silenced scream. With the remote in hand, I took the photo and a couple more. I transferred my anger to the photo.

Desperation, anguish, pain.