The Face of Immokalee

The Face of Immokalee is a public art project of large black-and-white portraits of Immokalee residents.  It is hosted on a wall of the Baker Museum in Naples and on the walls and trucks of Lipman Farms in Immokalee.

 Immokalee is a farming community east of Naples.  It is the center of the region's agriculture industry and home to many immigrant and migrant families who work the fields that produce a large amount of the United States' fresh produce.

Immokalee is at the base of our food chain and is among the most economically disadvantaged towns in Florida, yet it is ironically located within one of the wealthiest counties in the United States.

The portrait photographer Michelle Tricca envisions The Face of Immokalee as a way to champion this agricultural community.  Photoshoots were conducted between 2019 and 2023 with Immokalee residents, including farmworkers, students, community leaders, athletes and working professionals.

Michelle Tricca is a portrait photographer based in Naples and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She has been awarded funding for her ongoing project The Face of Immokalee from the National Endowment for the Arts and from the Florida Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture.