Photographer Carolina Arantes, the winner the Firecracker photographic grant in 2017, documents the daily life of French women of African heritage in their search for a solid mixed identity in the country, through her long-term First Génération project, published in a new book by fisheye editions
by Carolina Arantes
The first generation of African-French citizens born in France after the country’s 1976 law of family reunification is a generation struggling for its place between the feeling of not belonging and its geographical origins. This is a documentary work formed by interviews, family archives and portraits of women conscious of their struggle in the country.