Survivors is a series of portraits of women who have suffered or are suffering from breast cancer. In all cases, the images were taken using the wet collodion technique, resulting in ferrotypes or ambrotypes in a 4×5-inch format, which were then scanned and left unretouched.The images are raw, without makeup. They cruelly show the devastation…
Some of the most powerful images of the 20th and 21st centuries emerged from the clash between gaze and otherness, in that interstitial space of encounter between the photographer and the communities that inhabit the margins. Retaguardia is part of that more underground tradition, establishing a stylistic bridge with the work of other photographers such…
In the 1950s and 1960s, the National Colonization Institute launched a project to transform rural Galicia into a model of intensive agricultural production. In Terra Chá, villages such as Matodoso, Arneiro, Pumar, and A Espiñeira were built, designed by Galician architect Alejandro de la Sota, although the urban and architectural concepts followed patterns that were…
La Escaramuza-Escuela “Perla de Occidente” is one of Mexico’s leading horseback riding teams, founded by Zoila Cárdenas, a pioneer for female riders in charrería. In 1991, Zoila created the first association for Damas Charras (female riders), breaking barriers and opening doors for women in this traditional male-sport-. The school has since gained a strong reputation,…
The suicide crisis among Colombia’s indigenous communities has reached alarming levels, with a particular impact on the Emberá people of Chocó. A combination of armed conflict, forced displacement, loss of livelihoods, and domestic violence has created a state of despair that has led to a worrying increase in self-inflicted deaths.In Bojayá, records show a growing…
