Latin American Foto Festival
Opening Reception

FEATURING

Tomas Ayuso | Johis Alarcón | Andres Cardona | Citlali Fabian | Fabiola Ferrero | Chris Gregory 

Yael Martinez | Tonatiuh Cabello Morán  | Fred Ramos  | Luis Soto

 

The BDC's 2nd Annual Latin American Foto Festival will bring award-winning photographers from throughout the Caribbean and Latin America to exhibit their photographs, create installations and hold workshops and panel discussions.

Nearly all the photographers involved in this year’s festival live and work in their home countries. They will also be holding workshops, tours, and panel discussions for the BDC’s community, which is home to many thousands of Latino immigrants. Many of these events will be conducted in Spanish.

Two of the photographers in this year’s festival celebrate the role and strength of women throughout Latin America. Citlali Fabian will show her large-format portraits of Mestiza women in Mexico while Johis Alarcón explores the cultural roots of Afro-Ecuadorian communities.

Tonatiuh Cabello Móran, member of Costa Rican collective Colectivo Nómada, photographs intimate and offbeat celebrations of Catholicism throughout Latin America; his photos will be exhibited at Immaculate Conception Church, around the corner from the BDC. 

Christopher Gregory documents La Ruta Del Progreso, a decrepit highway started in the 1950s to showcase Puerto Rico’s prosperity and modernization.

Two exhibitions of Venezuelan photography expose the violence, poverty, and political upheaval that have driven an estimated three million to flee their homeland in the largest mass migration in recent Latin American history.

Another focus of this year’s festival will be Mexican and Central American photographers who explore the link between violence and migration. Fred Ramos of El Salvador and Luis Soto of Guatemala will exhibit long-term projects on this theme. Yael Martinez of Mexico and Andres Cardona of Colombia—who have both lost family members to death squads—explore the personal costs, much of it state-sponsored, to decades of violence.

 

ON VIEW
JULY 11-21, 2019

GALLERY HOURS
THUR, JULY 11th, 4-8PM
FRI, JULY 12th, 4-8PM
SAT, JULY 13th, 1-5PM
SUN, JULY 14th, 1-5PM
WED, JULY 17th, 4-8PM
THUR, JULY 18th, 4-8PM
FRI, JULY 19th, 4-8PM
SAT, JULY 20th, 1-5PM
SUN, JULY 21st, 1-5PM


Curated by Michael Kamber and Cynthia Rivera.

 

                                                                       © Chris Gregory                                                                        © Andres Cardona

  

 

The Latin American Foto Festival is made possible by 
Open Society Foundations, BronxCare Health System, the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, 
and in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

The outdoor exhibits were printed by 
United Photo Industries

 

MAIN PHOTO: © Yael Martinez