But on the internet I go by Barelyhispanic. What started as a middle school username has become a creative ethos. Make the joke first. Embrace the inbetween. Xavier Cuevas is a lens based storyteller specializing in photography and filmmaking. His work resides on the intersection between his Puerto Rican heritage and Detroit upbringing and is an effort at documenting overlooked people and places in the beautiful way they deserve to be captured. He has worked with The Detroit Pistons, The Skillman Foundation, Paxahau, Vmag, Alpha Industires and more. His current creative explorations center around his design collective MCG and commmunity art initiative Photohouse Detroit.