Intermarried (Kehrer, 2013) explores the notion, and questions the implications, of intermarriage. I initiated the project by contacting an online parent group in Washington Heights, my NY neighborhood, inviting couples who define themselves as ‘mixed couples’ to participate. Being myself intermarried, I was interested in the many challenges faced by couples who choose to share their lives regardless of their different origins, ethnicities, races or religions. Drawing on the experience of my subjects, I have constructed a subtle narrative that deals, through images and text, with the complex, multifaceted issues posed by intermarriage. The idea behind the project was not to illustrate what ‘mixed couples’ look like. Rather, through images and texts culled mostly from a questionnaire I asked my subjects to fill out, “Intermarried†reflects on the personal experience of my subjects within a wider social and political context.
