Julia Cumes, Invisible Threads

Invisible Threads

Julia Cumes

Publisher
Daylight Books
Year
2026
ISBN
9781954119611
Specifications
Hardcover
96 pages
30 Photographs
9 x 13 inches
Lighting Director and Visual Collaborator: Lipe Borges

Invisible Threads is a collaborative portrait and narrative project that offers an intimate look into the lives of immigrants who have made Cape Cod their home. Created through a shared process between photographer Julia Cumes, lighting director Lipe Borges, and the subjects themselves, the portraits are intentionally constructed rather than photojournalistic, shaped through conversation, trust, and personal choice. Often understood primarily as a summer destination, Cape Cod is also one of the earliest landing points in the United States’ immigration history—a place shaped for centuries by arrival, labor, displacement, and reinvention. Drawing on this deeper historical context, the project connects contemporary migration stories to a much longer American narrative. Through carefully crafted portraits made in homes, workplaces, and meaningful personal spaces, Invisible Threads reflects resilience, identity, and the enduring human search for belonging. Extended captions drawn from in-depth interviews allow participants to shape their own narratives, centering dignity, agency, and authenticity.

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