This Family That is Not Mine — Blind Magazine

To create a sense of stability and continuity, Cappetta took to the streets with her camera whenever she was home, moving intuitively in search of a connection that would keep her grounded. “I was walking around with a Fuji 6×9 because nobody believed it was a real camera. People thought it was a Fisher Price toy and nobody was going to mug me for it,” says Cappetta, who is from New Haven, Connecticut, one of the most racially and economically segregated cities in America.