The Bronx Documentary Center (BDC) will hold its 5^th Annual Latin American Foto Festival (LAFF) from July 14-31, 2022, featuring large-scale photographs by both emerging and established, award-winning photographers displayed throughout the South Bronx’s Melrose neighborhood.

The Festival includes works from Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Mexico, El Salvador and more–photographs representing long-term projects on family, memory, culture, and other social issues. As part of the festival, the BDC will hold in-person workshops, tours, panel discussions, and other community events.

The Latin American Foto Festival is curated by Michael Kamber and Cynthia Rivera.

Mexican photographer Yael Martínez and filmmaker Sergio Ortiz Borbolla have spent time along the migration route between Honduras, Mexico, and the United States to meet with people who are taking extreme risks to achieve their dream of a better life in a safe place.

Volcano Land by Hector Guerrero is not only a portrait of Mexico’s volcanoes or of the dangers they pose but also captures the poverty and violence that threaten some local populations more than lava or ash.

Danzantes de la Historia is a visual investigation by José Cabezas of the tradition of the Los Historiantes dance in El Salvador.

Chilean photographer Tamara Merino’s project Isolated Soul evokes a deep emotional state of nostalgia and profound melancholy, known in Portuguese as “saudade”, a word originally used by African people forced into slavery, the very same who today shape the Afro-Brazilian community.

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