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| From the series "Suburbia Mexicana: People of Suburbia" © Alejandro Cartagena |
fototazo has asked a group of 50 curators, gallery owners, blog writers, photographers, academics and others actively engaged with Latin American photography to pick two early career photographers whose work deserves recognition.
This project aims to highlight great work being made in the region today and also to provide a starting point in both English and Spanish for exploring contemporary Latin American photography. LatAm f100 is a collaboration between fototazo and the photographer and educator
Jaime Permuth.
Today we continue the series with selections by
Cristina De Middel. Her biography follows her selections.
The series also includes responses from
Molly Roberts,
Mariela Sancari,
Alonso Castillo,
Paccarik Orue,
Katrin Eismann,
Dina Mitrani and
Don Gregorio Anton.
fototazo ha invitado a un grupo de 50 curadores, galeristas, escritores, fotógrafos, y académicos - entre otros individuos seriamente comprometidos con la fotografía latinoamericana - a escoger cada quién dos fotógrafos emergentes cuya obra sea merecedora de mayor reconocimiento.
Este proyecto es una manera de celebrar el gran trabajo que se lleva a cabo en la región. Asimismo, busca proporcionar un punto de partida bilingüe en inglés y en español a las audiencias que deseen explorar la fotografía contemporánea en Latinoamérica. LatAm f100 es una colaboración entre fototazo y el fotógrafo y educador Jaime Permuth.
Hoy continuamos la serie con selecciones aportadas por Cristina De Middel. Encontrará su biografía al final del texto.
La serie también incluye contribuciones de Molly Roberts, Mariela Sancari, Alonso Castillo, Paccarik Orue, Katrin Eismann, Dina Mitrani y Don Gregorio Anton.
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Alejandro Cartagena is probably one of the most active photographers in Mexico and collaborates with publishing houses around the world. After
Car Poolers, the series (and book) that launched his career a few years ago ( 2012, just like
The Afronauts) his production has kept growing in quantity and quality. Certainly one of the big names in photography in Mexico now.
Alejandro Cartagena, quien es probablemente uno de los fotógrafos más activos de México y colabora con editoriales de todo el mundo. Después de "Car Poolers", la serie (y libro) que lanzó su carrera hace unos años (2012, al igual que los Afronauts) su producción ha ido creciendo en cantidad y calidad. Ciertamente uno de los grandes nombres de la fotografía en México ahora.
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| From the series "Carpoolers" © Alejandro Cartagena |
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| From the series "Carpoolers" © Alejandro Cartagena |
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| From the series "Suburbia Mexicana: Fragmented Cities" © Alejandro Cartagena |
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| From the series "Suburbia Mexicana: Fragmented Cities" © Alejandro Cartagena |
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| From the series "Suburbia Mexicana: Lost Rivers" © Alejandro Cartagena |
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| From the series "Suburbia Mexicana: Lost Rivers" © Alejandro Cartagena |
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| From the series "Between Borders" © Alejandro Cartagena |
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| From the series "Between Borders" © Alejandro Cartagena |
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| From the series "Between Borders" © Alejandro Cartagena |
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Mariela Sancari came on the international scene with her fantastic book
Moisés that made it onto the top best books of the year lists in 2015. She has, since then, been working on developing and giving continuity to this very personal, intimate and difficult subject. Her installations and sequels of the eBook just add interest and mystery to the whole thing.
Mariela Sancari, México. Mariela entró en la escena internacional con su fantástico libro "Moisés" que llegó a la cima de la lista de los mejores libros del año en 2015. Ella desde entonces, ha estado trabajando en desarrollar y dar continuidad a este tema muy personal, íntimo y difícil. Sus instalaciones y las secuelas del ebook solo agregan más interés y misterio a todo el proyecto.
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| From the series Moisés © Mariela Sancari |
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| From the series Moisés © Mariela Sancari |
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| From the series Moisés © Mariela Sancari |
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| From the series Moisés © Mariela Sancari |
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| From the series Moisés © Mariela Sancari |
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| From the series Moisés © Mariela Sancari |
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| From the series The Two-Headed Horse © Mariela Sancari |
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| From the series The Two-Headed Horse © Mariela Sancari |
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| From the series The Two-Headed Horse © Mariela Sancari |
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| From the series The Two-Headed Horse © Mariela Sancari |
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Cristina De Middel is a photographer whose work investigates photography's ambiguous relationship to truth. Blending documentary and conceptual photographic practices, she plays with reconstructions and archetypes in order to build a more layered understanding of the subject she approaches. From her understanding of the mass media reducing the real understanding of the world we live in, her selection of subjects responds to the urgency of completing the portrait or re-launching the debate taking the potential of photography as the raw material for her storytelling.
After a ten year career as a photojournalist, Cristina stepped outside of the straight documentary gaze and produced the acclaimed series "The Afronauts" (2012), which explored the history of a failed space program in Zambia in the 1960s through staged reenactments of obscure narratives that challenged the traditional depiction of the African continent. De Middel continuously produces new bodies of work. The series "This is what hatred did" (2014), "Sharkification" (2015) and "Jan Mayen" (2015), to name a few examples, were all published as books. In 2015 De Middel launched her own book publishing house;
This Book is True. This Book is True features both her own publications and supports publications of promising artists. In 2016 the second edition of
The Afronauts was published. De Middel’s work has received numerous awards in both the editorial and the artistic fields, including at PhotoFolio Arles 2012, the Deutsche Börse Prize, POPCAP' 13, and the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography in New York.
