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Catwoman: Minerva Valencia from Puebla, Mexico. She works as a nanny in New York, and sends home 400 dollars a week.
Catwoman: Minerva Valencia from Puebla, Mexico. She works as a nanny in New York, and sends home 400 dollars a week.
Catwoman: Minerva Valencia from Puebla, Mexico. She works as a nanny in New York, and sends home 400 dollars a week.
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Object number2018.1

Catwoman: Minerva Valencia from Puebla, Mexico. She works as a nanny in New York, and sends home 400 dollars a week.

Artist (active in Mexico and U.S.; b. Mexico 1974-)
Date2005-2010
Mediumarchival pigment print
Dimensionsimage flush: 30 × 37 in. (76.2 × 94 cm)
Credit LineElisabeth Claire Lahti Fund
Exhibition History"My Hero! Contemporary Art and Superhero Action," Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, February 3 - May 13, 2018 "The Way Forward: New Acquisitions at the KIA," July 28 - December 2, 2018. "Framing Moments: Photography from KIA's Permanent Collection," KIA (Feb. 6 - May 16, 2021)Label TextDulce Pinzón’s The Real Story of the Superheroes series from 2005-2010 was a response to the untold stories of 9/11. After noticing how much media attention the people that were helping rebuild New York City and the nation were receiving, Pinzón realized that an invisible group was left out of the story: the city’s immigrant population. Pinzón’s photographs feature ordinary men and women in their work environments, depicting them as heroes for the labor they do for other families and their own. The artist titles each photograph with the person’s name, country of origin, profession, and the amount of money they send back to their communities. In her images, Pinzón asks viewers to question our post-9/11 understandings of heroism and our comfort with the lack of visibility or recognition of the workforce fueling various economies in New York City and across the U.S. [Label Text: For the People: America at 250 Exhibition, June 27 - October 4, 2026]