The Latin American Foto Festival, on display now through July 21, takes place on the streets of the South Bronx and at the Bronx Documentary Center in New York City. The festival is exhibiting photographs and installations, in addition to organizing workshops and panel discussions, all with the goal of generating awareness about the current situation in Latin America and providing an opportunity for the wider community to witness and understand the diverse stories throughout the region. Their works focus on political and economic crisis, migration, racism, discrimination, violence, corruption, and how women and Afro-Latino communities live. The Latin American Foto Festival also focuses on Mexican and Central American photographers who explore the link between violence and migration, a theme that is prevalent in Luis Soto's work from Guatemala. "Tierra de Nadie," arises from the need to treat images as living documents of the memory of Guatemala. “It’s a big portrait of a country that is still in the fight to survive in an unequal and painful context,” Soto explained to Global Citizen. “Latin America still has similar conflicts and problems, such as violence, poverty, migration crisis,” Soto said. “This festival allows a common voice that shouts, ‘We are here, and these are our problems,' in order to transcend the media agenda and the global coverage." Read more about Latin American Foto Festival and the projects that are highlighted at this link. (📷: © Luis Soto)
