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Flor Garduño — Three Works: i) Regreso a la tierra (Solola, Guatemala) ii) Canasta de luz (Sumpango, Guatemala) iii) Mujer que sueña (Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico)
Flor Garduño

Three Works: i) Regreso a la tierra (Solola, Guatemala) ii) Canasta de luz (Sumpango, Guatemala) iii) Mujer que sueña (Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico)

Flor Garduño's series of three photographs captures the profound spiritual and physical connection between indigenous women and their native landscapes across Guatemala and Mexico. Through masterful use of light and shadow, Garduño portrays her subjects in moments of ritual, labor, and dreams, elevating the everyday into the mythic. The works celebrate the resilience and quiet dignity of indigenous womanhood, rooting personal identity deeply within the cultural and natural world.

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Latin America

May 23, 2016

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Flor Garduño, Three Works: i) Regreso a la tierra (Solola, Guatemala) ii) Canasta de luz (Sumpango, Guatemala) iii) Mujer que sueña (Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico)

Flor Garduño's series of three photographs captures the profound spiritual and physical connection between indigenous women and their native landscapes across Guatemala and Mexico. Through masterful use of light and shadow, Garduño portrays her subjects in moments of ritual, labor, and dreams, elevating the everyday into the mythic. The works celebrate the resilience and quiet dignity of indigenous womanhood, rooting personal identity deeply within the cultural and natural world.

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Cultural, Photography, Guatemalan, Landscape, Mexican, Narrative, Earth Tones, Figurative, Contemporary, Mystical

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