HistoryMiami Museum opens photo exhibit on migration by Carlos Muñoz
HistoryMiami Museum will open a new photography exhibition, "Belonging in Transit," by Carlos Muñoz on November 20. The exhibition features images taken over three years at the Redland Market near Miami, an area known for its diverse migrant communities.
Muñoz, who migrated from Venezuela, explores themes of migration, memory, and the meaning of home through his photographs. He describes the project as personal, noting that the people he photographed reminded him of his own experiences with separation and adapting to new environments.
“As a migrant myself, I immediately recognized parts of myself in the Redland Market. The flavors, textures, and colors brought me closer to my origins and to a sense of home. I listened before photographing and learned that belonging doesn’t happen overnight; it’s built as we work, talk, and care for our families,” said Muñoz. “I want visitors to this exhibition to feel part of a living market of stories—where fragility and strength coexist, creating space for success, joy, and new beginnings.”
The exhibition encourages viewers to consider belonging as an ongoing process shaped by experience rather than something fixed. Through his work, Muñoz aims to highlight that the search for home is a shared human experience.
Muñoz received the 2024 HistoryMiami Museum Photography Fellowship supported by the Pérez CreARTE Grant Program. This fellowship supports emerging photographers from various backgrounds whose work documents South Florida’s changing communities. Many photographs from "Belonging in Transit" will be added to the museum’s permanent collection.
“Carlos’s work embodies the Museum’s mission to tell Miami’s stories through the people who live them,” said Natalia Crujeiras, Executive Director and CEO of HistoryMiami Museum. “Through his lens, we see migration not as a statistic or an issue, but as a deeply human experience that connects us all. Belonging in Transit reminds us that Miami itself is a city in motion, shaped by those who arrive seeking home and belonging.”
The exhibition will be held at HistoryMiami Museum at 101 W. Flagler Street in Miami.
HistoryMiami Museum was founded in 1940 and is one of Miami's oldest cultural institutions. It holds more than 30,000 artifacts and over two million images related to Miami's history. The museum offers exhibitions and public programs focused on engaging visitors with Miami’s past and present.