A Photo Album

1996, deliberately

El Bautizo

The father chose the child’s name. The mother wore Vara Vintage and Manolo Blahniks.

B&W photographs by Unique Design Studios. Shoutout Martha, Maddie, and Mel, the best in Miami. The film color photos were taken on a disposable camera and developed at Palm Film Lab on Coral Way and 57th. The reception was held at La Carreta with lots of Cuban coffee and croquetas.

These photos will be printed, slipped into a chunky album, and labeled with handwriting that’s barely legible. For my grandparents who kept everything, for my son, for the record.