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| From the series "Vestidos" © NADIE |
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 Muriel Hasbun. Her biography follows her selections.
The series also includes responses from Molly Roberts, Mariela Sancari, Alonso Castillo, Paccarik Orue, Katrin Eismann, Dina Mitrani, Don Gregorio Anton, Cristina De Middel, Arturo Soto, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Guillermo Srodek-Hart, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Livia Animas, Juanita Bermúdez, Susana Raab, the pairing of Victoria Holguín and Daniella Benedetti and Emiliano Valdés.
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 Muriel Hasbun. 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, Don Gregorio Anton, Cristina De Middel, Arturo Soto, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, Guillermo Srodek-Hart, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Livia Animas, Juanita Bermúdez, Susana Raab, el dúo de Victoria Holguín y Daniella Benedetti y Emiliano Valdés.
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NADIE (Javier Ramírez) (b. 1985, El Salvador) is a conceptual and multidisciplinary artist who uses photography innovatively and without restrictions. He is self-taught, employs the tools available to him, such as his laptop or phone camera, as well as free internet editing software. His work touches me because of its sincerity and integrity, and by the intelligence with which he questions what he calls "the limit of authorship." His work falls within the self-portrait and performance traditions, constructing and affirming his identity in the process of questioning. He is a free and contestatory spirit who does not fear precariousness or vulnerability. In fact, he embraces it; hence, the strength of his work. NADIE has received numerous awards and he contributes to the Salvadoran art sphere with collaborative projects, such as FEA - Fiesta Ecléctica de las Artes - and ADAPTE, a yearly event that curates artists' projects with interventions in public spaces in San Salvador.
Quisiera presentar el trabajo de NADIE (Javier Ramírez) (n. 1985, El Salvador). NADIE es un artista conceptual multidisciplinario que utiliza la fotografía de una manera muy innovadora y sin restricciones. Es autodidacta y disfruta de herramientas a su alcance, como la cámara de su computadora o de su teléfono, al igual que programas de edición grátis bajados del internet. Su trabajo me toca por su sinceridad, su integridad, y por la inteligencia de cómo interroga lo que él llama "el límite de la autoría." Su obra se establece dentro de la tradición del auto-retrato y del performance, construyendo y afirmando su identidad en el proceso de cuestionamiento. Su espíritu es libre y contestatario. No teme a la precariedad ni a la vulnerabilidad. Más bien, la busca. De allí la fuerza de su trabajo. NADIE ha recibido numerosos premios y contribuye al ambiente artístico salvadoreño con proyectos en colaboración con otros artistas como FEA - Fiesta Ecléctica de las Artes - y ADAPTE, un evento anual de intervenciones artísticas en los espacios públicos de San Salvador.
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| From the series "Bolo" © NADIE |
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| From the series "Bolo" © NADIE |
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| From the series "Capturas" © NADIE |
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| From the series "Capturas" © NADIE |
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| From the series "Error" © NADIE |
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| From the series "Muñeca" © NADIE |
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| Installation of "Sacro" © NADIE |
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| Installation of "Sacro" © NADIE |
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| From the series "Sorpresa" © NADIE |
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Fred Ramos (b. 1986, El Salvador) is a photojournalist currently working for the online newspaper El Faro. He finds himself in the difficult situation of responding to the thirst for news and of the media, covering the face of violence in El Salvador. How can one be a responsible witness and photograph day in and day out in an environment that asks for a visual language that repeats victimization and otherness? Winner of the 2014 World Press Photo with his series depicting the clothing remnants of the disappeared, Fred searches for alternative ways of representing the pain of violence, by focusing on the absence of the body. He delves into stories that surround him, documenting, for example, teen-mothers and indigenous protectors of the environment, working seriously and humanely in the tradition of photo reportage. Personally, I'm very interested in his work in progress about his family because it frames his family within the Salvadoran historical context, giving us access to a world that is even more personal and subjective.
Fred Ramos (n. 1986, El Salvador) es foto periodista de profesión (trabaja para el periódico en línea El Faro) y se encuentra en esa difícil situación de responder a la sed de las noticias y de los medios, cubriendo la cara de la violencia en El Salvador. ¿Cómo ser a la vez testigo responsable y fotografiar día a día en un ambiente que pide un lenguaje visual que repite la victimización y la otredad? Ganador del World Press Photo en el 2014 con su serie de las vestimentas de los desaparecidos, Fred trata de buscar formas alternativas de representar el dolor de la violencia, más bien enfocándose en la ausencia del cuerpo. Ahonda en las historias que lo rodean, por ejemplo, contándonos acerca de las niñas-madres o de los protectores indígenas del medio ambiente, y nos da un trabajo serio y humano dentro de la tradición documental del reportaje fotográfico. En lo personal, me interesa mucho su proyecto en proceso acerca de su familia, pues enmarca a su familia dentro del contexto histórico salvadoreño, dándonos acceso a un mundo aún más personal y subjetivo.
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Muriel Hasbun. American, Salvadoran, French. b. 1961, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Muriel Hasbun's expertise as an artist and as an educator focuses on issues of cultural identity and memory. Through an intergenerational, transnational and transcultural lens, Hasbun constructs contemporary narratives and establishes a space for dialogue where individual and collective memory spark new questions about identity and place.
A 2016 Artist in Residence at the Centro Cultural de España in San Salvador, Hasbun is the recipient of numerous distinctions, including: a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2014), the Howard Chapnick Grant of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund for laberinto projects (2014); Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards in Photography (2015 and 2012) and in Media (2008); a Museums Connect grant funded by the U.S. Department of State and the American Association of Museums (2011-12); an Escuela de Bellas Artes Artist in Residence in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (2010); the Corcoran's Outstanding Creative Research Faculty Award (2007) and a Fulbright Scholar Grant (2006-2008).
Hasbun's photo-based work has been internationally exhibited. Venues include: Civilian Art Projects (2016); American University Museum (2016, 2008); Centro Cultural de España in San Salvador (2016, 2015, 2006); Smithsonian American Art Museum (2013, 2011); the Maier Museum of Art (2012); Light Work and Mexican Cultural Institute (2011); the MAC-Dallas and the Michael Mazzeo Gallery (2010); NYU's Hemispheric Institute at the Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires (2007); the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego (2007); Houston’s FotoFest (2006), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (2004); the 50th Venice Biennale (2003); the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City (1999); and the Musée de l'Arles Antique at the 29ème Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d’Arles (1998). Similarly, her photographs are in numerous private and public collections, including the Art Museum of the Americas, District of Columbia Art Bank, En Foco, Lehigh University, Smithsonian American Art Museum, University of Texas-Austin and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Muriel Hasbun is the founder of laberinto projects, a transnational, cultural memory initiative that fosters contemporary art practices, social inclusion and dialogue in El Salvador and its diaspora, through exhibitions, art education, artist residencies and community engagement.
Most recently, Muriel Hasbun was Professor and Program Head of Photography at the Corcoran School of Arts and Design at GWU. She is now Professor Emeritus.
Hasbun received a MFA in Photography (1989) from George Washington University where she studied with Ray K. Metzker (1987-88). She earned an AB in French Literature (1983), cum laude, from Georgetown University.