Biography:
Lena Mucha (b. 1983, Germany), is a freelance photographer based in Berlin. After graduating with a Master of Social Anthropology and Political Science from the University of Cologne in 2011, she started photography whilst working in Colombia with...
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Focus:Photographer, Photojournalist, Fine Art, Documentary, Multimedia, Video, Portraiture
Covering:Africa,Europe,Latin America,
Skills:Research, Adobe InDesign, Apple Final Cut Pro
The Caribbean Social Club, a Puerto Rican salsa bar in New York is a unique place and the last latin-American club that remained in the now gentrified neighborhood of Williamsburg. Different diaspora generations meet at this place, also called Toñitas named after the old lady who runs the bar for the last 40 years.Â
Besides the older generation of Puerto Rican Americans, more and more young Puerto Ricans discover this place and come to dance classical Salsa and new Reggeaton hits. "I come here when I feel homesick and miss my country. It feels almost being home here“, as one of the girls said.