by Vani | Jan 6, 2021 | Interviews, Vist Projects
“At least you’re a fine black woman,” some people told Mayeli Villalba when she was a child. They told her with a certain sadness that she did not identify well where it came from. She only understood a little more when, years later, she met a group...
by Vani | Jan 6, 2021 | Interviews, Vist Projects
“I am an artisan of photography”, tells Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo. Every person who knows her work will agree with this definition. This does not imply that this Colombian-American photographer has given up technology and digital process. Instead, it suppose some...
by Vani | Jan 5, 2021 | Interviews, Vist Projects
When Susana Vargas went to meet Juana Barrasa, named by the press as Mataviejitas (the little old lady killer), she was surprised by the sweetness of her voice, the pretty smile with the small teeth and the electric blue eyeliner. Somehow she felt identified: she...
by Vani | Jan 5, 2021 | Vist Projects, Visualities
Zahara Gómez dreamed of being a “male photographer”. She says it herself, in masculine, on purpose. She imagined herself recording the war, bringing true to light, and changing the world with an image. But when she began taking photos, she realized that her way was...
by Vani | Jan 5, 2021 | Interviews, Vist Projects
Since Congress removed President Martín Vizcarra on November 9, Peru’s social and political crisis has been in the international news. The presidents resign, the streets fill up, the youth renew demands and forms, the police repress. After decades of...
by Vani | Jan 5, 2021 | Interviews, Vist Projects
Just before taking to the field, the Spanishs David Simon Martret and Blanca Galindo investigate, study and talk. They seek to understand substance use from all sides: they quote Epicurus, they think about pleasure, the death drive, sociology. They read about biology,...