Extending such grace to one another is how we acknowledge that every one of us contains multitudes.
Here, he walksVoguethrough the five photo series that make up Multitudes.
Postcards From the Future
Growing up, and I would have play cousins come to visit.
Photo: Mateo Serna Zapata/Courtesy of Kacey Jeffers
Every summer they would come, and I would get to hang out with them.
We need images of Black people by the swimming pool.
[As a child] I thought only white people were tourists, because thats all I saw.
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (Old friends, Jazzique and Winnielle catch up), Golden Rock Inn, from the seriesPostcards From the Future, 2022.
I grew up with a single mother, and culturally a lot of mothers dont know what rest is.
They dont understand these concepts because they have to hustle.
Kacey Jeffers (b.
Kacey Jeffers (b. 1988),Untitled (Kevin and Winnielle by the Pool) Golden Rock Inn,from the seriesPostcards From the Future, 2022.
When you grow up in the Caribbean, the arts [are not considered] a viable career option.
So when I went back, it was good to have my family be in the image-making.
The title is from a Lauryn Hill song.
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (Old friends, Jazzique and Winnielle catch up),Golden Rock Inn,from the seriesPostcards From the Future, 2022.
In some ways, I felt like that was where I was at, mentally and emotionally.
Installation view of JefferssEvery Day Is Another Chanceseries (2019).
These pictures made up my first book.
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (Sugar mill/Nature is winning), Golden Rock Inn,from the seriesPostcards From the Future, 2022.
I had people purchase books from New Zealand and Australia and small villages in Japan.
I think that just spoke to the power of my intention, and the power of telling human stories.
Kacey Jeffers,JULISKA, 11, Ivor Walters Primary School, from the seriesUNIFORM, 2019.
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (Rhosyll and Baby River), Golden Rock Inn, from the seriesPostcards From the Future, 2022.
Kacey Jeffers,KHYLIE, 13, Gingerland Secondary School, from the seriesUNIFORM, 2019.
Kacey Jeffers,JAHLIQUE, 12, Charlestown Primary School, from the seriesUNIFORM, 2019.
They reached out to various photographers around the world, asking them to document peoples reaction.
Installation view of Jeffers’sEvery Day Is Another Chanceseries (2019).
Weve been independent since 1983.
[The Royals] make trips to the islands, but they really serve no purpose.
I think in some ways Muffet identified with that, so she rallied the men.
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (family snapshots), fromEvery Day Is Another Chanceseries, 2018.
She was like, Lets do a toast to her long life.
I thought that was cool.
On the left is Ras Iroy, a local activist.
Kacey Jeffers,JULISKA, 11, Ivor Walters Primary School, from the seriesUNIFORM, 2019.
A lot of Carnivals and cultural celebrations within the Caribbean evolved from that.
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (Jumping), from theJouvertseries, 2022.
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (Dene Dancing), from theJouvertseries, 2022.
Kacey Jeffers,KHYLIE, 13, Gingerland Secondary School, from the seriesUNIFORM, 2019.
Kacey Jeffers,JAHLIQUE, 12, Charlestown Primary School, from the seriesUNIFORM, 2019.
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (Ras Iroy’s protest)from a commission forTimemagazine, “Scenes From Around the World in the Aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II’s Death, 2022
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (Muffet and her friends toast Queen Elizabeth II’s Long Life)from a commission for Time magazine, “Scenes From Around the World in the Aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II’s Death,” 2022
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (Jumping), from theJ’ouvertseries, 2022.
Kacey Jeffers,Untitled (Dene Dancing), from theJ’ouvertseries, 2022.
