by Becky Field | Dec 24, 2015 | Immigration in NH, Meeting Our Neighbors
I am gazing on the “most perfect Christmas tree ever,” created with the help of two young friends whose family came to New Hampshire originally from Iraq. They share their Muslim faith traditions with me and visa versa, an exchange that has enriched us...
by Becky Field | Aug 15, 2015 | Immigration in NH, Meeting Our Neighbors
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by Becky Field | Jul 17, 2015 | Meeting Our Neighbors, Uncategorized
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan has just come to an end. In the last few years, I have been fortunate to learn a thing or two about this holy season through my photography within the Muslim community in New Hampshire. The start of Ramadan varies every year, timed on...
by Becky Field | Jul 14, 2015 | Immigration in NH, Meeting Our Neighbors
New Hampshire is home to several hundred Bosnians who started resettling here as refugees in 1993. This year, on Saturday, July 11, The Bosnian community and their friends, with support from the Association of Bosniaks of New Hampshire, gathered to remember a 20-year...
by Becky Field | Jun 29, 2015 | About the Book
I am often asked why and how I started this project to photograph immigrants and refugees in New Hampshire. The inadequate answer is I really don’t know – it was like the proverbial light bulb going off over my head. Yet I can point to the convergence of...
