This Southeast Asian artist uses iconic pink doughnut boxes as a canvas for storytelling (Via EaterLA)
— a digital space dedicated to documenting “stories of the Cambodian families behind California’s donut shops” — to connect with her subjects. Master printmaker Dewey Tafoya assisted Huynh with silk screening the seven portraits in bright hues inspired by popular doughnut flavors like ube, maple, and blueberry. Taking a multilayered approach to each subject, Huynh and Tafoya printed their childhood photos in the background with present-day headshots that span the foreground.
In addition to sharing personal narratives that acknowledge the struggle of the Cambodian American experience with, Huynh also celebrates the intrinsic joy of doughnut shops and the hard-fought triumph of mom-and-pop shops over American restaurant chain culture, like Colorado Donuts in Eagle Rock, B.C. Donuts in Pasadena, and Monterey Donuts and Donut Star in Highland Park.
“This is our contribution to America on so many levels: its economy, its culture, its physical landscape, and that we have a significant place here too,” says Huynh. “It’s our American story.”
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