The Second Photographic Exhibition in Bolivia

Bolivia, Latin America and the Caribbean in a kaleidoscope of images (+Photo)
La Paz, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) Opened today to the public at the Cinemateca Foundation of Bolivia, the Second Photographic Exhibition Our People, Our Culture constitutes a kaleidoscope of ancestral indigenous, African, European and mestizo heritages.
By Jorge Petinaud Martínez

Chief correspondent in Bolivia

Inaugurated yesterday as a prelude to the Twentieth Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival that will close on the 23rd of this month, the exhibited group includes emblematic images from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela.
“We have an infinite diversity of ethnic groups, native peoples, cultural manifestations, stories and knowledge of our own that today we want to highlight and make visible through their faces and stories, by means of photography and film,” said the Venezuelan ambassador, César Trómpiz, at the opening.

In his capacity as pro tempore president of the Latin American and Caribbean Culture Group, the diplomat highlighted that the exhibition connects all participating countries with Bolivia through images, and thanked the support of the Cinemateca and all the embassies present “in this prism that reverberates our plurality.”

For her part, the director of the Cinemateca Foundation, Mela Márquez, was grateful that on the 20th anniversary of the Latin American and Caribbean Film Exhibition, these snapshots are now joining the movement, allowing us to see another reality “through Bolivian eyes.”

The exhibition highlights the connecting vessel of the Afro-descendants of the Bolivians of the Yungas, the candombe singers of Uruguay, the musical instrument makers of Brazil.

From Colombia, the Berracas de la 13 are present, a group of more than 240 women settled in Comuna 13 of Medellín, many of them victims of the armed conflict and urban violence.

Because Uruguay “made its independence on horseback,” the presence of this noble free beast, which by its own right forms part of the national shield, is striking.

The Guatemalan Castle of San Felipe de Lara (built by Spain in the 17th century) recalls that the Iberian crown built it to protect itself from the continuous attacks of English pirates who stalked the Caribbean and Central America.

Mexico contributes the majesty of the pre-Columbian architecture of Yucatán and Chitchen Itzá immortalized by the eye of the universal artist Javier Hinojosa.

The young Venezuelan photographer Adolfo Estopiñán reflects the love affair of his compatriots with the sea with scenes of the aquatic procession in which the fishermen of Chuao pay tribute to the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception.

From Cuba, the images of the artist Frank Enrique are majestic, who pays homage to José Martí with an image of his monument in the Plaza de la Revolución, and to Havana with its emblematic Capitol.
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