Opening Reception: Thursday, July 11, 6-9PM
On View: July 11-28, 2024
FEATURING: Lalo de Almeida | Brazil • Manuel Almenares | Cuba • Lisandra Alvarez | Cuba • Santiago Billy | Guatemala • Alejandro Cegarra | Mexico • Fotokids | Guatemala • Magda Gibelli | Peru • Alí Marín | Mexico • Jorge Santiago | Mexico • Wara Vargas | Bolivia • Victor Zea | Peru
The Bronx Documentary Center (BDC) holds its 7th annual Latin American Foto Festival (LAFF) from July 11-28, featuring large-scale photographs by both emerging and established, award-winning photographers. Their work will be displayed throughout the South Bronx’s Melrose neighborhood. This year, marking the 7th anniversary of LAFF, we will be expanding the Festival to five new locations in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn!
The Festival includes works from Bolivia, Peru, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala and Brazil–photographs representing long-term projects on Bolivian women wearing traditional skirts or “cholas”; environmental and social damage in the Amazon; the worlds of single mothers and girls in Centro Habana; a centuries-old ritual dance in Guatemala; the impact of US immigration policy on migrants in Mexico, the community of Tlacotalpan, Mexico, and its river; basketball culture in Oaxaca indigenous communities; the hip hop movement in Peru; and archival images of a Caribbean social club in Brooklyn. As part of the Festival, the BDC will hold in-person workshops, tours, panel discussions, and other community events.
The Latin American Foto Festival is curated by Cynthia Rivera and Michael Kamber.
Spanish translations by Maria de la Paz Galindo.
Gallery Hours:
Indoor:
• BDC I Thur-Fri 3-7PM + Thur-Sat 1-5PM (On view: July 11-28)
• Piragua Art Space I 12-8PM (On view: July 12 - August 31)
• La Sala de Pepe I Wed-Sat 1-6PM (On view: July 12 - August 31)
Outdoor:
Open during daylight hours, 7 days a week.
