“Post-humans and cyborg dreams of + beings in the Andes” is a visual essay begun in 2023 in the department of La Paz, Bolivia, based in its highland villages and the city of El Alto. These images represent the bodies and knowledge of local women who, together with non-human entities such as plants, animals, and…
A few months ago, Poo Pushaina (81) dreamed about his older brother, who had passed away. In the dream, his brother arrived in a vehicle and said to him, “I’m going to take our younger brother Jalisco with me; he’s suffering too much. Wait for me, I’ll come back for you soon.” The Pushaina family,…
Inspired by the notion of “The Great Mystery” present in the indigenous communities of America, this project proposes a visual reinterpretation of the Andean worldview, where cosmic and physical forces, visible and invisible, coexist and sustain both matter and our perception of reality. These ancestral beliefs are echoed in concepts of quantum physics and astrophysics:…
A woman aboard a ship is bad luck. And if she is menstruating, the sea becomes enraged. This is one of the many superstitions repeated along the Venezuelan coast. Until recently, fishing had been a traditionally male activity in Venezuela, but since 2018 there has been a feminization of the trade that we have been…
M’kumba is a photography project that portrays the resilience of Afro-Brazilian communities in the face of the country’s historical religious intolerance. The title comes from an ancient Bantu word that designated the gatherings of wise men and spiritual leaders. Over time, due to colonial prejudice, the term was distorted by Brazilian society to stigmatize Afro-Brazilian…
Set in Veracruz, Mexico, Dolores’ project explores the little-told story of some Afro-Mexican communities. Through photography, she questions the official narrative and raises questions about the role of women in the story of Nyanga (the mythical Gabonese prince brought to Mexico as a slave) who led the first rebellion of maroons in the country. Dolores…
