Joana Toro

Book Launch: Joana Toro x The BDC Community Circle

Fri, Nov 14 • 6:30PM

BDC Main
614 Courtlandt Ave
Bronx, NY 10451

A tribute to Rosalina Cañates and the women healers of Palenque, Colombia by photographer Joana Toro.

Rosalina is posing for a picture showing a curative plant in San Basilio de Palenque. © Joana Toro

Header image: © Joana Toro

A tribute to the women of the countryside, healers, and the sacred plants of Palenque, Colombia. Through photography, Toro honors Rosalina Cañates and the ancestral wisdom that connects land, body, and spirit.

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This free gathering is part of the BDC’s Community Circle, a space for photographers to learn from one another, share work, and exchange feedback.

About the artist:
Joana Toro is a Colombian photographer and visual storyteller based in New York and Bogotá. Her work explores identity, migration, and cultural resilience through deeply personal and human-centered narratives.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and other federal law enforcement officers, detain immigrants outside their court hearings in Immigration Court at 26 at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, US, on Thursday, July 24, 2025. © Victor J. Blue