Artist Biography
Originally from San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, André is a public servant and emerging photographer. His work navigates the intersections of identity and place, reframing the unnoticed with a fresh perspective. As a Puerto Rican-Chinese creative, his artistic process is deeply rooted in the duality of his heritage — balancing past and present, personal narratives and collective histories, and the environments that shape them.
André resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, but dreams of one day returning to la Tierra que lo vío nacer...
Torre Yokahú | El Yunque, Puerto Rico
Playa Crash Boat | Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Túnel Guajataca| Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
Cueva La Ventana | Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Cementerio Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis | Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
Artist Statement
In “Portales de la Memoria | Portals of Memory,” Zhang Sonera uses framing — natural and architectural portals — as a metaphor for traveling between time and geography.
Each image becomes a threshold that invites the viewer to look through, not only at the landscape, but also at the history that inhabits it. More than simple landscapes, these photographs are acts of memory — reminders of how places hold the traces of those who inhabit them.
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