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Martinique: Photographer Adeline Rapon celebrates Afro-Caribbean queer visibility
['Moïse Manoël-Florisse']
Erasing 76 Crimes
Rapon’s photography challenges heteronormativity in MartiniqueAdeline Rapon, a mixed race and openly lesbian feminist photographer, chose to return to her paternal roots in order to document, archive and showcase local Afro-queer communities in Martinique through photography.
76Crimes spoke with Rapon about her artistic journey and creating space for queer communities in Martinique.
Adeline Rapon: My starting point was as a young self-taught photographer from the age of 19.
Tourism in Martinique aims to give a superficial and folkloric view of our cultural heritage.
One might even wonder if the Martinique Tourism Board has a strategy.
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