David Schonauer
We Are Indivisual Wednesday April 8, 2015
We were recently contacted by one of the talented photographers named a winner of the Latin American Fotografia 3 competition, Estefany Molina,
who told us about a web project she has been rolling out over the past few months. Called “We Are Indivisual,” the online space features video interviews shot and edited by Molina,
in which emerging photographers talk about their work, their processes, and their experiences. The series includes interviews with other LAF-winning photographers, including Star Montana and Antonio Pulgarin, as well as Supranav Dash, whose work was included in the American
Photography 30 annual. Stay tuned to DFLA for more in the series. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday April 8, 2015
Mexico City-based Illustrator Aldo Crusher spends his days working as a motion designer for HBO Latin America. But some time ago he found himself a little bored at the office. "I was tired of pure
vector artworks," he says. "I wanted to try a new technique to give texture to my illustrations." So he started daydreaming, and that led to thoughts of carefree childhood, … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Sunday March 29, 2015
Born in Los Angeles, Ivan Kashinsky was working toward a Masters degree in mass communications at San Jose State University in California when he met his future wife, Karla Gachet, who is Ecuadoran.
For the past 10 years Kashinsky has been based in Quito, freelancing for publications like National Geographic and the New York Times. His ongoing project documenting the city's evolution from
countryside … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday March 23, 2015
Ricardo Nagaoka's grandparents were part of a diaspora that led many from World War II-era Japan to South America. Born in Asuncion, Paraguay, he later moved to Ontario, Canada, and then to
Providence, Rhode Island, to study photography at the Rhode Island School of Design. In 2013 he returned to Paraguay to create what he calls some "simple sketches" of his homeland. That work … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Wednesday March 18, 2015
Perhaps the earliest of Brazilian folklore to be documented are tales of the Curupira, a fantastic entity that lived in the forest and fiercely protected its plants and animals. The Curupira had many
powers and distinctive attributes, including red hair and feet turned backward to confuse hunters who might be tracking it. For Paulo Campos, the Curupira proved an irresistible subject when he set … Read the full Story >>
Traeger & Pinto Arte Contemporáneo Wednesday March 11, 2015
Mexican photographer Alfredo Blasquez has spent three years exploring the Guerrero coastline and documenting the many and varied
types of litter he finds. His work, part of Limpia Guerrero, an environmental initiative that implements education, scientific research, and community action to clean the beaches of Guerrero, was
named a winner of the Latin American Fotgrafia 3 competition, and today it goes on exhibit at Mexico City’s Traeger &
Pinto Arte Contemporáneo gallery. See more here. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday March 2, 2015
Sao Paulo, Brazil-based photographer Luiz Maximiano arrived in the town of in Jos Pedro Varela, Uruguay, on on Saturday, October 12, 2013, one day prior to the running of the yearly horse race called
El Raid -- an endurance event in which the animals run 90 kilometers, or about 55 miles. Maximiano had been assigned by Playboy magazine to photograph the race, though he … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday February 23, 2015
Having an allergic reaction to a food can turn an ordinary day into a nightmare. And getting food poisoning is no fun, either. Chilean illustrator Javier Martinez captures the horror in a poster that
he created as part of a series for the California-based company Spellbound Development. "I choose to make use of the "deformed view" of a fish-eye camera lens to match the … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday February 16, 2015
"I am fascinated by the signs and symbols found in Havana's public spaces," says photographer Yunior Yanes Torres, whose personal project "Ciudad Occulta" ("Havana: Hidden City") earned him a spot
among the winners of the Latin American Fotografia 3 competition. Unlike many other portraits of Havana, Yanes's images focus on the colors, shapes, and symbols that define life there. Born in Sagua
la Grande, … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday February 9, 2015
As a guitar player and music lover, Brazilian freelance illustrator Kako was delighted when he was approached to create an epic series of complex posters as part of an ad campaign for Guitar Player
magazine. The posters were to depict the lives of three gods of the guitar -- Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. But the life of a freelancer swings between … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Sunday January 25, 2015
"I think that it's good that Spaniards get closer to the Latin American art-and-culture scene, so I am grateful for this opportunity," says Spain-based illustrator Enrique Moreiro, a winner of the
Latin American Ilustracion 3 competition for artwork bringing emotional life to a charged social issue--the juvenile justice system in America. Moreiro's illustration for American Educator magazine
accompanied an article looking at how the … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday January 19, 2015
One night a couple of years ago, Santiago Sabogal was on a date, and after seeing a movie he and his girlfriend strolled along the marina in Coconut Grove, FL, where they sat and enjoyed the evening.
"It was a typical romantic-comedy scene," he says. But for Sabogal, a budding photographer who always carried his Canon Rebel XS with him, there was another attraction--the … Read the full Story >>
Kike Arnal Wednesday January 14, 2015
The ritual ceremony of the Voladores (‘flying men’) is a fertility dance performed by several ethnic groups in Mexico and Central America, especially the Totonac people in the eastern
state of Veracruz, as an expression of respect for and harmony with the natural and spiritual worlds. Over the past four years, photographer Kike Arnal, a winner of the Latin America Fotografîa
1 and Latin America Fotografîa 2 competitions, has been documenting the ritual, and the result is a new book, Voladores. “Although the danza is still celebrated in many towns and
remote villages during religious festivals like the patron saint’s week, it has been adapted and traditionalized, and it is currently performed for tourism purposes in several places of
Mexico,” notes Arnal at his blog. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday January 12, 2015
Vlad Alvarez is a graphic designer based in West Chester, PA. But he grew up in El Salvador, where, he notes, religion played an important role in the life of his family and friends. "After moving to
the United States and attending art school, I found myself looking back at the fascinating religious imagery and traditions that I used to see as a kid," … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday January 5, 2015
As the photographic world plunged headlong into the digital era, Coco Martin, a fine-art photographer based in Lima, Peru, and New York City, decided to step back and contemplate his art. "I wanted to
go back in time in order to slow down the process, to reflect about the image and to dig in my practice," he says. The result was his portrait series … Read the full Story >>
Marlon Krieger Wednesday December 31, 2014
Over the past two years DFLA has spotlighted a number of Cuban portfolios and book projects from our readers. After the news broke of President Obama’s move, documentary photographer Marlon
Krieger, who is also a Latin American Fotografía 3-winner, let us know about his own body of work shot in Cuba. “I have
been traveling to Cuba in discord with the United States embargo, documenting an island in the stream of politics, ideologies and imaginations,” he notes. But that was the past. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday December 29, 2014
Sao Paulo, Brazil-based photographer Brunel Galhego has an eye for out-of-way places that pique his interest. Previously, we featured his Latin American Fotografia 2-winning image of a spot near his
home where antique-car collectors gather to stage exhibitions of their treasured vehicles. He is also an LAF 3-winner for images he made in Paranapiacaba, a village near Sao Paulo built by the British
in … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Monday December 22, 2014
When Rebecca Jimenez moved from her native Spain to the Dominican Republic in 2010, she discovered a vibrant natural world she'd never known--a place filled with flowers heavier than her own head and
hummingbirds that greeted her every morning. Her experience led the freelance illustrator to begin thinking about man's place in nature, and she later began her series of art centered on the … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Sunday December 14, 2014
You never know what you'll find in New York City. Perhaps, if you're a lucky photographer, you may even run into a man in a red suit. That's what happened when Thomas Baccaro was wandering along 14th
Street in the East Village neighborhood with his vintage Rolliflex 6x6 camera. At first, the man declined to be photographed, but then changed his mind. The image … Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Tuesday December 9, 2014
In Norway, where freelance photojournalist Adrian hrn Johansen is from, there were 48 homicides in 2013. That year in Honduras, a country with less than half the population of Norway, there were 7,100
homicides. "The contrast between my home country, one of the most peaceful countries in the world, and Honduras couldn't be greater," Johansen says. It was that stark difference that he wanted … Read the full Story >>
