Latin American Fotografía 2 Winners

Mirada Wayuu

The Wayuu are an Arawak indigenous community located at the Guajira peninsula, Colombia, and Zulia state, Venezuela. The Wayuu were never subjugated by the Spanish colonization and managed to survived. In more recent years they endure the ongoing war in Colombian being force to leave their land because of the violence. This photograph shows a young Wayuu girl in Cabo de la Vela, the northernmost territory in Colombia; her gaze carries on the history of the Wayuu knowledge and traditions and it also affirms the importance of their culture for the new generations. Wayuus like her are assuring the existence of their community in the future.

It's a image shooted in Paraty/RJ that reveals trhu the water a glimp of the ancient slavery in Brazil.

Jesus Maria Classroom

Images of Argentina

Dry well, one from a personal, ongoing project, The Inherited Thirst of Mexico

In the high desert mountains of Central Mexico, the people thirst. Their groundwater is disappearing. Communities came into conception where groundwater was once abundant underneath the arid terrain. But, decades of mining, erosion and pollution have left what remains highly contaminated and now, a constant struggle for accessible clean water. The people now depend on rainfall to help replenish their wells but rains come only once a year. Their thirst is an inheritance of the land. Today, the scarcity of water in Mexico is no longer an isolated issue. In 2011 the “Right to Water” was realized as a human rights issue and implemented into the Mexican Constitution. The amendment claims, every person in Mexico is entitled to affordable, accessible, and safe water.

Nucleus of No Hope

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical treatment involving the implantation of a brain pacemaker which sends electrical pulses to specific parts of the brain, in this case, to relieve symptoms of depression.

"CUBAN MOMENTS" IS A PERSONAL PROJECT ABOUT THE LIFE AND STYLE OF CUBAN PEOPLE.

Eu Sou Assim (The Way I Am)

This image belongs to an ongoing project in which I am trying to translate (as if it were possible) music into images, like a score where the subject is the melody and color become the rythm. This work is a result of a deep personal transformation that started after the economic crisis that hit the world in 2008 and it represents an investigation in search for new perspectives and interpretations of the world.

The Constructs of Mexican-Americanism.

Gloria, The Constructs of Mexican-Americanism.

Playas I (from the 'Playas' series)

Playas (2010 - in progress) I work on the beach, gathering discarded objects that I find nearby, I place them in the sand and wait for them to get in touch with the sea, recording the results of the interaction between this two elements using photography, always looking to build an image beyond just documenting the encounter with these objects. By altering the order in which these elements are placed, the objects and the landscape are transformed, acquiring a new meaning, in the same way that you can alter the meaning of a sentence by modifying its syntax. Something I interpret as a manifestation of the fact that the beach is an area in which everything becomes ephemeral.

Sound Waves

On a warm and calm Summer night after a storm-filled week, sailboats float on the Coconut Grove's Marina Club at night. Location: Coconut Grove, Florida

From the series "The two headed horse"

The two headed horse After my father’s suicide when we were 14 years-old, the lives of my twin sister and my mother, as well as my own, changed radically. Every aspect of our destiny as a middle class family was interrupted by his death. We ran away on a trip, aimlessly, until arriving in Mexico. The absence became presence among us and strengthened the bond between my sister and I that has led to a complex universe of meanings and roles, blurred memories and ideas that end up weaving an encrypted universe between fiction and reality. This series of photographs are part of a project on this relationship with my sister. The trip (both real and metaphorical), the runaway, the clothing and the household objects we brought with us all create, frame and dress one being with two visions of reality, a being that imagines that they will find their dad around the corner. I want to meditate about identity and memory and the many ways they are affected by time and space. Nature and the first home are a return to childhood and adolescence, when the loss of our father left us suspended in time. Two views of one reality.

Every year in Caloto, Colombia, young men wear costumes as if they were devils and go on the streets hitting younger children with whips. The tradition is an adaptation of Herod ordering to kill young children and is called “the day of the innocent”.

A personal series documenting the various ways people and products move from point A to point B in developing countries. In this instance, my home country of Nicaragua.

In the form of selfportraits I reconstruct cases that involve the death of women. I draw upon existing images or visual documents. By applying a dossier like logic and perishable materials, my aim is to evoke the original scene and the sordidness and detachment involved in their publication.

In the form of selfportraits I reconstruct cases that involve the death of women. I draw upon existing images or visual documents. By applying a dossier like logic and perishable materials, my aim is to evoke the original scene and the sordidness and detachment involved in their publication.

Ciudad en tensa calma. # 2

Esta imagen es parte de la serie: "Ciudad en tensa calma". Un viaje imaginario a ese lugar espontáneo, imprevisible y carente de miedo. VENEZUELA.

Is about the essence of the tradition and cultural part of being a mexican woman in this contemporary life.

Plaza de toros Bolivia

La zona norte de la ciudad de El Alto de Bolivia es el punto de encuentro para disfrutar de esta plaza de toros improvisada. A diferencia de otras corridas de toros del mundo, en esta los toros no se matan. El espectáculo consiste en mostrar la gran destreza del torero al jugar con el toro.

Plaza de toros Bolivia

La zona norte de la ciudad de El Alto de Bolivia es el punto de encuentro para disfrutar de esta plaza de toros improvisada. A diferencia de otras corridas de toros del mundo, en esta los toros no se matan. El espectáculo consiste en mostrar la gran destreza del torero al jugar con el toro.