Turkish Family on Their Porch, 2019
This family had fled Turkey after the 2016 coup. They warmly welcomed me to their home. I interviewed for my book, "Finding Home.”
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Different Roots Common Dreams: New Hampshire’s Cultural Diversity
Burmese Family at Home, 2019
I interviewed this family for my book, "Finding Home." They warmly welcomed me into their home.
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Somali Mother with New Baby, 2018
This family wanted to celebrate the arrival of the new baby with photos of everyone.
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Somali Mother with New Baby, 2018
This family wanted to celebrate the arrival of the new baby with photos of everyone.
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Somali Family with New Baby, 2018
This family wanted to celebrate the arrival of the new baby with photos of everyone.
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Somali Family with New Baby, 2018
This family wanted to celebrate the arrival of the new baby with photos of everyone.
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Somali Family with New Baby, 2018
This family wanted to celebrate the arrival of the new baby with photos of everyone.
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Somali Family with New Baby, 2018
This family wanted to celebrate the arrival of the new baby with photos of everyone.
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Somali Woman and Grandson, 2018
I have photographed her and her family on several occasions.
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Pregnant Somali Woman, 2018
The baby arrived about 2 weeks later. (See photos on Oct 7, 2018.)
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Boys at the Pond in a Local Park, 2018
This young man and his nephew were having fun with the pond water on a warm day.
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Afghan Mother and Daughters, 2017
The mother was watching and waiting as her husband was going through the naturalization ceremony at the federal courthouse.
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Memorial Service, 2014
A relative had died in the Congo. The community came together to support the family with a memorial service at a community center.
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Young Somali Women on Front Steps, 2014
I photographed this Somali family on several occasions over several years.
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Turkish Mother and Daughter, 2014
I met this mother and daughter at the NH Turkish Cultural Center.
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Bhutanese Father and Daughter, 2014
They were at the celebration of the first birthday for the man's niece.
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Bhutanese Family at a Window, 2014
The family had gathered with relatives to celebrate a young girl's birthday. This was an spontaneous photo; the parents ignored me, but the little girl was keeping a close eye on my camera.
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Bhutanese Family at a Window, 2014
When this family first asked for a photo, they stood in a row, all looking at the camera. Soon they forgot I was still there. I love this photo for the directions of their gazes.
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Young Somali Woman with Baby, 2013
The walls in rooms in this house were covered with brightly colored fabrics.
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Bhutanese Mother and Children at Home, 2013
I was invited to their home to take family photos.
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Bhutanese Women Making Food, 2013
Family and friends gathered for the naming ceremony for a baby. The women were making food for the family and friends.
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Family with New Baby, 2013
The brother and niece are introduced to the new baby with a watchful mother and grandmother.
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Baby-Naming Ceremony, 2013
The grandmother is bringing the baby into a room where the naming ceremony is taking place.
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Family at Home during Eid al-Fitr, 2013
I was at the home to photograph the family during Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan.
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Burmese Mother and Son during Eid al-Fitr, 2013
I was at the home to photograph the family during Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan.
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Brother Kissing Sister, 2013
They were on the sidewalk in front of their house. This is a family that I have photographed over many years.
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Somali Mother and Son at Home,
This family invited me to photograph them on several occasions. The living room walls were covered with colorful fabrics, rugs, and fiber arts.
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Bhutanese Couple in Their Front Yard, 2013
The family asked me to come to their home to take photos of them.
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Somali Family Reunited, 2013
The boy with red hat had arrived in NH 3 weeks before my photo. Nine years earlier, he got separated from his family in the refugee camp in Kenya. The reunion marked the end of a long and frustrating effort by the parents to reunite their...
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A Somali Family, 2013
I photographed this family when they celebrated being reunited with their teenage son who had been separated years before during the resettlement process.
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Somali Mother and Daughters, 2013
A mother (back right) and her daughters. This photo shoot celebrated her older son who had arrived in NH 3 weeks earlier (see photos 050313-0429 and -0451). Nine years ago, the boy got separated from his family in the refugee camp in...
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Congolese Family at Home, 2013
This family had been in the U.S. only three weeks when I visited them in their home.
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Afghan Mother with New Daughter, 2013
I have photographed this baby as she grew up over more than a decade.
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Afghan Couple, 2013
I was photographing them in their home soon after their first grandchild was born.
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Bhutanese Man with Grandson, 2012
I photographed this man and his grandson at a birthday party for a 1-yr old Bhutanese girl. Note their "matched" expressions.
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Bhutanese Father and Daughter, 2012
I photographed this family at their home during the celebration of Dasara.
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Rally to Support a Refugee Family, 2012
Hateful messages had been posted on the door of a refugee family. Community members, including a group of high school students, came to protest the act of hate and show their support for the family.
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South Sudanese Marathoner Meets NH Senator, 2012
Guor Mading Maker (aka Guor Marial), who had raced in the 2012 London Olympics, met afterwards with Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
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South Sudanese Marathoner Talks to Press, 2012
Guor Mading Maker (aka Guor Marial), who raced in the 2012 London Olympics, met afterwards with the press and Senator Jeanne Shaheen in her office.
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Bhutanese Mother and Baby, 2012
While I was photographing a citizenship class in this home, the mother was in the next room feeding her baby.
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South Sudanese Woman Watching the Olympics, 2012
South Sudanese friends gathered at 5 am to watch their countryman Guor Mading Maker (aka Guor Marial) race the marathon in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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South Sudanese Friends Watching the Olympics, 2012
South Sudanese friends gathered at 5 am to watch their countryman Guor Mading Maker (aka Guor Marial) race the marathon in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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South Sudanese Friends Watching the Olympics, 2012
South Sudanese friends gathered at 5 am to watch their countryman Guor Mading Maker (aka Guor Marial) race the marathon in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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South Sudanese Friends Watching the Olympics, 2012
South Sudanese friends gathered at 5 am to watch their countryman Guor Mading Maker (aka Guor Marial) race the marathon in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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Congolese Family, 2012
This family wanted group photos because a relative was visiting from Africa. We were in a local park.
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Congolese Family, 2012
This family wanted group photos because a relative was visiting from Africa. We were in a local park.
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Congolese Family, 2012
This family wanted group photos because a relative was visiting from Africa. We were in a local park.
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Congolese Family, 2012
This family wanted group photos because a relative was visiting from Africa. We were in a local park.
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Somali Siblings, 2012
This Somali family has been in front of my camera on several occasions. The children are always glad to pose.
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Welcoming a Somali Family, 2012
A young Somali child is greeted at his home by NH Gov. John Lynch.
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Welcoming a Somali Family, 2012
The community came out to protest hateful graffiti that had been scrawled on the side of the home of a Somali refugee family.
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Welcoming a Somali Family, 2012
A Somali girl walks past the welcoming sign put on the side of her home.
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Welcoming a Somali Family, 2012
Concord Police Chief welcomes a Somali family after hateful graffiti had been scrawled on the side of their home.
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Welcoming a Somali Family, 2012
A Somali family gathers on their front porch when the community came out to welcome them. Hateful graffiti had been scrawled on the side of their home.
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Welcoming a Somali Family, 2012
Young Somali girl holds a Love Your Neighbor poster in front of her home.
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Love Your Neighbor Celebration, 2012
During festivities in a local park, hosted by the Love Your Neighbor Coalition, these boys were waiting to play basketball.
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Love Your Neighbor Celebration, 2012
During festivities in a local park, hosted by the Love Your Neighbor Coalition, some boys started a pickup basketball game.
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Love Your Neighbor Celebration, 2012
A woman watches a pickup soccer game during festivities in a local park, hosted by the Love Your Neighbor Coalition.
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Bhutanese Men Talking at a Wedding, 2012
These men are dressed for a wedding. A man next to me said they were reminiscing in Nepali about their boyhoods in Bhutan. This is one of my favorite photos.
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Young Bhutanese Women on Cell Phones, 2012
These women were taking a break from wedding festivities to check their cell phones.
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Friends in a Community Garden, 2012
They were working together in the community gardens in Concord.
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Burundi Mother and Baby, 2012
A group of African woman, and some of their children, were in a class on sewing African clothing and handbags. After making their traditional clothes, they put on a fashion show for the public.
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Burundi Woman and Baby, 2012
This woman was participating in a class on sewing clothing and bags for sale. We did portraits with a backdrop before their fashion show.
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Burundi Woman with Baby on Her Back, 2012
This woman was participating in a class on sewing clothing and bags for sale. We did portraits with a backdrop before their fashion show.
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Meeting with a Sierra Leonean Woman in Her Home, 2012
A caseworker from Senegal met with a woman from Sierra Leone in her home. The photos on her lap are ones of her that I had taken previously.
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Bhutanese Woman with Grandson, 2012
The woman was comforting her grandson in an English class at a local church.
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DIFFERENT ROOTS, COMMON DREAMS: New Hampshire’s Cultural Diversity
A PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
The photographs in this collection are by New Hampshire photographer Becky Field from her project, Different Roots, Common Dreams: New Hampshire’s Cultural Diversity. From 2012-2022, Becky photographed immigrant families to show the vitality and diversity of the state’s new Americans; to honor their determination and expertise; and to stimulate public understanding of immigration policies.
Becky published two books from her work, Different Roots, Common Dreams: New Hampshire's Cultural Diversity, (Peter E. Randall Publisher, Portsmouth, NH, 2015), and Finding Home: Portraits and Memories of Immigrants (Peter E. Randall Publisher, Portsmouth, NH, 2020). Also, having seen the high value of education in immigrant families, Becky partnered with the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation in 2017 to start the Different Roots, Common Dreams Scholarship Fund to help immigrants complete an undergraduate degree.
Becky holds a Certificate in Photography from the New Hampshire Institute of Art. In past work she was a research ecologist and university professor. She has a doctoral degree in wildlife ecology.
The archive is housed in the Milne Special Collections and Archives at the Dimond Library, University of New Hampshire, and is accessible and searchable through an online program, UNH Scholars Repository. The photos can be used for nonprofit research or education. This is a growing collection and may be added to by the photographer. For more information, contact the archives@unh.edu, or go to www.differentrootsnh.com.