Spotlight: Kate Stanworth Follows a Murga Dance Group in Buenos Aires
Murga is street theatre with an edge. Largely unknown outside of Argentina and Uruguay, murga's combination of dance and percussion attracted London-based photographer Kate Stanworth when she first encountered it in a Buenos Aires park. Later, on an assignment for a Buenos Aires newspaper, Stanworth began following a murga group as it prepared for carnival. "The project looks at how being part of ... Read the full Story >>
Spotlight: Gabriel Figueroa and the Knotty the Aesthetics of the Female Body
Gabriel Figueroa's series "Nodum" is a study in landscapes. The project matches the landscapes of the female body with the desert landscape of Cuatro Cienegas in the State of Coahuila northen Mexico - one of the few places in the world, Figueroa notes, to have gypsum dunes, warm pools in the middle of the desert and a marble quarry. The work was also inspired ... Read the full Story >>
Dispatches From Latin America: Three Stories from Photographer Lianne Milton
Brazilian prisons in crisis. The aftermath of a deadly orphanage fire in Guatemala. The culture of child sex abuse in the Amazon. These are three of the stories that Brazil-based documentary photographer Lianne Milton has covered in recent months. Milton, a past winner of the Latin American Fotografia competition and Pulitzer Center recipient, is a member of Panos Pictures whose work often focuses on ... Read the full Story >>
Spotlight: Sandra Cattaneo Adorno Captures a Stormy Day in Rio
It was not a typical day on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. "The sea was very rough and the undertow was very strong. The bathers were hesitating to get into the sea," recalls photographer Sandra Cattaneo Adorno. On the other hand, what wasn't good for swimmers was very good for the photographer. "A thick mist hung over the beach and was colored ... Read the full Story >>