Originally from the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, DC, Aziza Murray has proudly called Albuquerque, NM home for twelve years. In 2015 she graduated with an MFA in photography from the University of New Mexico where she also worked as a pictorial archiving fellow for the Center for Southwest Research, as well as an instructor for the undergraduate photo program. Since then, Aziza has worked in different capacities in the film industry in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, piquing her interest in cinematography and the industry as a whole.
Aziza’s work stems from a desire for permanence. At a young age she experienced tragic loss, and it was through creating that she learned to process emotions and events. The materiality of photography is the catalyst that has, and continues to enable Aziza in her recording of important people and life experiences, from growing up biracial in a racially polarized city, suffering additional losses in young adulthood, traveling far from home, or finding refuge in beautiful objects and still moments. She has shown her work in DC, Albuquerque, Austin, TX and Portland, OR.
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