Ale

Definition of Casita I love my Casita. I love it so much it hurts. I love the smell of my casita, the smell of cafe flooding the air until it’s suffocating. I love the smell of Puerto Rico flowing through the room: arroz con gandoulez, mofongo, and pan sobao being toasted. I love the temperature of my casita, the humidity hugging my skin when I leave San Juan Airport I love the people who live in my Casita the feeling of my abuela’s curl brushing my head as she kisses me and tells me, “Dios te bendiga.” The memory of teaching me merengue in the living room. I love the sound of my Casita The sound of Frankie Ruiz and Roberto Roena flooding the halls, and the feeling of the English lenguaje never existing. Going to bed with the sound of Coqui as if they were sitting right next to m,e and waking up to the sound of El Encanto breathing For the next year or so, Casita’s journey pegins. A video and photo series that documents the stories of Latinos. Showing the memories and lessons they hold close, creating the idea of la casita. Create the idea of having a home anywhere they go. That even though there will always be a physical casita where we hold all of our memories and connections to la cultura. We still find a way to create that sense of connection anywhere we go. Even though we are away from home or feel disconnected, we will all have our own casitas deep down.

casita: enrique y diego

zine: casita

entry: the freedom of movement

entry: in corpus presente Grazie A… @ied_firenze @sabato.desarno @iosissi @benassijacopo Per avermi permesso di documentare questa bellissima esperienza

Coqui: La Parada by @_3ntry 🌀 “My art stems from intimacy. I want to create a space where you see and feel a sense of closeness.” Éntry is a photographer and creative director currently based in Italy. Coqui is a photo project that is a love letter to their Puerto Rican backgroud. See the full spread in all its beauty alongside more artists connecting intimately to the places around them in The Places Edition 📍 Magazine spread design by @m0ronica

Casita: Prologue Welcome to the Barrio. The idea of a Casita as a space we, as Latinos, have created to not only keep our connections to our culture alive but also to preserve the lessons and memories we have learned within it. When I ask you if you have a Casita, I bet you can all think of that one physical place back home that connects to all this knowledge. I have one. Yes, as a latino diaspora we all have a physical casita, but even though we are no longer around it, we still take everything we learned, loved, and cherished with us. It’s what makes us proud of our ancestors, family, and culture. Welcome to Casita, a passion project i have been working on since last yesr. This is a documentary photo series exploring the latino diaspora everywhere i got for the next few years. Within this series you will be looking at the way the latino diaspora finds ways to connect to home when we are no longer physically connected to it. This is not only a love letter to my latino community but also a look into how we are are all interconnected through the diaspora, loss, and memory. PS: this will become a book in the future

entry: [adult swim]

entry:hold on let me check my bag Credits: Artistic and Creative Collaboration: @_3ntry and @sggpratt Photographer: @_3ntry @alegotobed_ Model: @sggpratt Stylist: @lacatuxa Bag Jewelry: @madstone.designs MUA and Hairstylist: @madison.mccabe PA: @madison.mccabe

entry: pupsa

entry: soul resonance - - - Credits: Garment Designer: Rebecca Kapper @kappermade @kapper.r Jewellery Designer Clarice Ong @clrcity Art director and Stylist: Nishmie Shehara @nishmieshehara_archive Photography: Ale @_3ntry MUA: Gabriela Mosquera @gabriela_mosq Models: Misoo @misso_minjinsor Stephanie Lima @tefielima

entry: does that cloud look like a ship?