Orlando Patterson, 2012. Photograph by Anita Patterson. Orlando Patterson, 2012. Photograph by Anita Patterson. Courtesy Orlando Patterson More

Sharlene Khan, Drowning Durga VI , 2015. Digital color photograph, 61 × 91 cm. Photographer: Nicola Gear Sharlene Khan, Drowning Durga VI, 2015. Digital color photograph, 61 × 91 cm. Photographer: Nicola Gear More

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Figure 1 Cane worker and cutlass, Guyana, 2014. Photograph courtesy of Deodat Persaud. Figure 1. Cane worker and cutlass, Guyana, 2014. Photograph courtesy of Deodat Persaud. More

Figure 1 DR Pride logos 2016. Photograph posted on Facebook by the author. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Figure 1. DR Pride logos 2016. Photograph posted on Facebook by the author. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. More

Figure 2 Pride DR 2016. Photograph posted on Facebook by Lorena Espinoza Peña. Puerta de las Ataranzas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Figure 2. Pride DR 2016. Photograph posted on Facebook by Lorena Espinoza Peña. Puerta de las Ataranzas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. More

Figure 5 Photograph of Richard Fung and his sister Nan as children; still from Sea in the Blood (2000). Figure 5. Photograph of Richard Fung and his sister Nan as children; still from Sea in the Blood (2000). More

Figure 2 “A Negro of Santo Domingo”; 1910. Photograph by Harry H. Johnston. From the New York Public Library Digital Collections, New York. Figure 2. “A Negro of Santo Domingo”; 1910. Photograph by Harry H. Johnston. From the New York Public Library Digital Collections, New York. More

Figure 4 “Cook with coffee”; ca. 1916–17. Photograph by R. H. Beck. Brewster and Sanford Expedition in the Dominican Republic, Image #236817. American Museum of Natural History Library, New York. Figure 4. “Cook with coffee”; ca. 1916–17. Photograph by R. H. Beck. Brewster and Sanford More

Mandela's Release, 1990 . Photograph by Graeme Williams. Used by permission. Mandela's Release, 1990. Photograph by Graeme Williams. Used by permission. More

Sylvia Wynter, circa late 1950s. Photograph by Oswald Jones. Used with permission Sylvia Wynter, circa late 1950s. Photograph by Oswald Jones. Used with permission More

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Self Portrait—Infinity , digital photograph, 2005 Self Portrait—Infinity, digital photograph, 2005 More

Fighting the Currents (work in progress), digital photograph, 2014 Fighting the Currents (work in progress), digital photograph, 2014 More

Antonio Benítez-Rojo in exile. Amherst, Massachusetts, 1989. Photograph by Gigi Kaeser. Used by permission. Antonio Benítez-Rojo in exile. Amherst, Massachusetts, 1989. Photograph by Gigi Kaeser. Used by permission. More

Figure 2 Double-Phantom / Entro-P.R. (detail). Photograph by Jason Wyche. Figure 2. Double-Phantom / Entro-P.R. (detail). Photograph by Jason Wyche. More

Figure 4 Estadista ( Statehood’er ) (detail). Photograph by Jason Wyche. Figure 4. Estadista (Statehood’er) (detail). Photograph by Jason Wyche. More