Personal memory by Randi Marie D.
1985 CE • Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
I was blessed to grow up in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. We would scuba dive and see thousands, millions of fish on different reef systems. Over the years, the reefs have died-off as well as the fish of all rainbow colors.
Memory submitted at Maya Lin: A Study of Water, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, 2022
Image: Tisquesusa, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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