Sin Poder No Hay Paraíso
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Sin Poder No Hay Paraíso •
This exhibition showcases 12 NYC image-makers, 10 of whom are NYC natives, highlighting their unique identities, homes, and communities in the city.
During a time when safety and security are under threat, their visual stories are printed on t-shirts to create a tactile installation speaking to bodily presence and what we are challenged to lose. These stories of love, resilience, and resistance inspire courage to continue showing up for ourselves and our city.
Alongside the shirts, 4x6" prints of NYC families and friends with captions on the back invite viewers to interact with this live archive representing the breathing memories of those whose history is deeply intertwined with the rich identity of NYC.
The shirts are on sale for $120 USD.
Proceeds from this exhibition support the participating artists and three NYC-based mutual aid organizations, Bushwick Ayuda Mutua, Mil Mundos en Común, and Make the Road New York, providing legal aid, resources, and community support to immigrants and working families.
International Center for Photography
Photobook Fest Project Space 2025
Year
2025
Rosa Lee Rodriguez
Lower East Side, Manhattan, nyc 1978
(left to right)
1. Bike Life 2024
2. Avenue D 8th Street, Portrait 2023
3. Coco, Mango, Cherry Lower East Side 2023
4. Summer & Sundae 2023
5. i’m so hood 2023
Francesca Stolcke
Hells Kitchen, NYC 2001
(left to right)
1. untitled from nyc court culture series 2025
2. untitled from nyc court culture series 2025
3. untitled from nyc court culture series 2025
4. asaad, from nyc court culture series 2025
5. untitled from nyc court culture series 2025
Carolina Jimenez
Bronx, New York City, 2000
Taken at the 10th iteration of Black Girls Have Tea Parties Too, an annual event founded and organized by Harlem-born Kelly Snider. There is a tangible feeling of joy, excitement, and togetherness that can be felt at Snider’s events, and hopefully, through these images as well. Many of the girls have formed friendships they will keep for life, a true testament
to the community Snider has cultivated.
(left to right)
1. Ava, Bronx, NY 2024
2. @AshaSophieBeauty 2024
3. untitled 2024
4. untitled 2024
Francely Flores
Fordham Road,
Bronx, NYC 1998
(left to right)
1. El Diario de los Delivery boys en la Gran Manzana gathered with fellow delivery workers to bring attention to the continued assaults and harassment that they are facing while making deliveries. Due to this becoming a common experience for delivery workers as they pass under the Willis bridge they have organized a community watch group to insure each other’s safety 2021
2. Fransisco Villalva Vitino originally from Xalpatlahua, Guerrero was murdered during an robbery for his e-bike in Poor Richard’s Playground on March 29, 2021 as he was ending DoorDash shift. Fellow delivery workers, family, and friends gathered to honor his life at a community vigil where banners this photo was taken the banner translates to “We are tired of not being heard because we are undocumented” 2024
3. Desfile de Catrinas in Brooklyn as
a part of Casa Cultural’s Dia de Los Muertos celebration 2024
4. Mother and son in NYTLAN annual celebration hosted by Red de Pueblo’s Transnacionales, honoring Indigenous communities in the South Bronx 2022
Caroline Xia
Queens, NYC, 1998
Shot in Kissena Park in Queens,
spending the whole day out at a park
on a hot summer day that served as
a sanctuary for their group of friends, offering a third-place where they can unwind and be themselves 2024
Monica Patten
Uptown/Inwood, NYC 1988
(left to right)
1. Spinning in Style
Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2022
2. Seas the Day
Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2023
3. Neptune’s crew
Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2023
4. Trident & True,
Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2023
5. Deep Sea Siren, Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2022
Heriberto Sanchez
Bronx Raised,
Born in Mexico 1988
(left to right)
1. Flores y Apprenticeship, 149th & Grand concourse 2024
2. Lavish Tamales,
Kingsbridge Road 2019
3. Pedacito de Cielo,
Fordham Road, 2016
4. Pedacito de Cielo,
Fordham Road, 2016
Nadine Zhan
Brooklyn, NYC 2003
(left to right)
1. Hotpot for dinner on Thanksgiving
at the “Adult Table” 2023
2. Rockaway, Queens New York - April 14th, 2023. My grandma puts a shell up to cover her eye. This was our first time on the beach together in my 20 years of life with her. She was enjoying the sun 2023; My baby cousins Logan and Anita are excited to welcome their new cousin, Yuki. Logan is fascinated with the camera 2023
3. Mom is getting her hair dyed in the living room with helpfrom her sister 2025;My dad directing Shumai’s gaze as she sits on his shoulders 2023
4. My uncle’s nephew, son, wife, and son-in-law standing around him as he sits in a chair in the backyard 2025
Roy Baizan
Bronx, NYC 1996
(left to right)
1. Jose y Miguel, Hunts Point Produce Market
Bronx, NY 2025
2. left to right; Tony y Chris, mis hermanos, 2025; Andres, A&J Produce 2025; Anna y Maria 2025; Bull 2025; Luis y su familia 2025; Moose 2025
Hunts Point Produce Market, Bronx, NY 2025
3. “Day Crew” Gold Medal,
Hunts Point Produce Market, Bronx, NY 2025
4. Rosa, Elder Ave Bronx, NY 2025
5. Mateo, Elder Ave Bronx, NY 2025
Matthew Cylinder
Based in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NYC
Born in Phoenix, AZ 1986
(left to right)
1.
Panamanian Parade, Mother and Child 2024
2. Panamanian Parade, Like My Father Before Me 2024
3. Panamanian Parade, Marching Band Women 2024
4. Panamanian Parade, Dove Orchid 2024
Deb Leal
Based in Brooklyn, NYC
Born in Corpus Christi, TX 1989
(left to right)
1. The NYC AIDS Memorial fountain at 76 Greenwich Ave. in Manhattan is seen with a temporary floral installation created by Devin Antheus of Legends of Drag in collaboration with artist Agosto Machado, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in New York. (New York City AIDS Memorial/Deb Leal)
2. A detail of the floral installation at the NYC AIDS Memorial features cultural figureheads including Peter Hujar, Ethyl Eichelberger, and Cookie Mueller,
Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in New York. (New York City AIDS Memorial/Deb Leal)
3. Lawanda Jackson of Las Vegas poses for a portrait before her performance in Legends of Drag at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in New York. (New York City AIDS Memorial/Deb Leal)
4. New York queens Princess Diandra, top, Ruby Rims, center, and Simone, bottom, pose for portraits before the Legends of Drag performances at the Whitney Museum of American Art,
Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in New York. (New York City AIDS Memorial/Deb Leal)
Marilyn Leal
Bronx, NYC
2008
(left to right)
1. Valentina's fear 2025
2. Resistance 2024