Description

In Embrace, Los Angeles based photographer Rohina Hoffman reflects on the theme of uncertainty while combining two of her photographic projects. In Gratitude, made during the pandemic, is a typology of portraits celebrating food and family and how we find comfort in times of unease. Generation 1.75 is a visual memoir of identity, belonging, and the complexities of acculturation.

As in her previous book Hair Stories, Hoffman uses text to accompany her photographs, this time incorporating poetry and prose. Several short poems are interspersed in the first half of the book and set a deliberate but delicate cadence, providing an additional layer of depth and emotion. An essay bridging both projects is translated into Hindi and transliterated.