IMAGES OF PRESENTS/GHOSTS OF THE PAST

To represent Indians, slaves or employees was an ethnographic decision that ultimately helped compose a particular characterization of a specific place. In this paper, I present a selection from three photographers-Marc Ferrez, Christiano Junior and Martín Chambi-whose contributions helped shape a personal / particular view of certain regions of Latin America.

In a second moment, I confront these photographs with the works of contemporary Ecuadorian photographer Lucia Chiriboga, who incorporates antique photographs and documents in her art, in a direct dialogue with the past.