CBC Arts
Kareem-Anthony Ferreira Reassembles Memories of Ontario and Trinidad to Paint his Life Growing Up
October 2020
Though they may sit dusty on the shelf in Mom and Dad’s rec room or live boxed in a corner of the basement, our family photo albums make sacred texts. Those four-by-sixes remembering summer vacations and holiday get-togethers long ago, the Polaroids of picnics and birthday parties: they tell important stories about who we are and where we’ve come from. Recorded in ancient photo chemicals, these moments and memories are the stuff identity is made of.
