My heart is filled with excitement and pride to be able to finally share that my work has been collected by the @smithsonian !!!!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Thank you to artist and Royal Chicano Air Force member, Rudy Cuellar, for sharing my work. I believe it was your post that initially caught the eye of Smithsonian Curators. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Thank you Steve Velasquez and Shannon Perch for believing in this work. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Special shout out to every single person who graciously shared their time with me to make portraits. Your support means the world to me! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Thank you @bonny_artconsulting + team for printing these images. I couldn’t have done this without you! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ This milestone is dedicated to my mom who never tried to talk me out of being an artist. And to my dad for giving me the camera that would kick start my photo journey. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Lastly, to all the artists and dreamers reading this, keep going! Let this acquisition prove that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #AmandaLopezPhoto #Girlgaze #Smithsonian⁣⁣ #latinasinthearts #LatinaPhotographer