The sounds of Puerto Rico rang out on the Lower East Side Tuesday night as haunting images echoed the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria five years ago.
Artist Adrian Roman created all the pieces in the gallery. His goal: to honor the thousands of lives lost, to embrace those left uprooted and traumatized and to acknowledge the countless broken hearts.
A photo album showcased at the exhibit belonged to a man named Edgardo. Flood waters erased the images of his loved ones, and he was about to throw it away, but the artist turned Edgardo's trash into treasure."Just like Digna, there's hundreds of thousands of people that experience what Digna experienced," Roman said.
The event called Picking up the Pieces, was timed to mark five years since Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico.
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