The Bronx Documentary Center (BDC) in New York is holding its annual from , with featuring work from both emerging and established, award-winning photographers from Bolivia, Peru, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, and Brazil – including Venezuelan photographer and World Press Photo winner, Alejandro Cegarra. The BDC is also hosting in-person workshops, tours, panel discussions, and other community events. Find out more at the .
Amazonian Dystopia documents the construction of the Belo Monte power plant on the Xingu River, with all the environmental and social damage that this work brought to the region. “Ten years ago, I began photographing in the streets of Centro Habana to document the barrio where I live and work. Over the years, I have come to know hundreds of people and thousands of stories.
“As a photographer, I seek out intimate moments that often go unnoticed but that connect people in their daily lives. My goal is to accentuate those elements of emotion and rawness that exist in the everyday, whether behind closed doors or on the streets of Centro Habana.” ‘Palo Volador – Reaching Heaven’ Legend has it that, in the 1700s, the local chiefs of Cubulco, a village located some 450 kilometers from the city of Antigua Guatemala, all shared a dream.
In this vision, St. James demanded they perform a ritual dance in which a pair of dancers would spin down from a tree using only a rope. They diligently complied and El Palo Volador, the Dance of Angels and Monkeys, was bor.
