Description

Leonora Vicuña's work rests on the sensitive observation of the popular neighborhoods of Santiago de Chile that she explored during her wanderings through the city in the early 1980s.

With an anthropological eye, he portrays public spaces such as small businesses, bars, markets, and plazas. These photographs capture mundane moments, as if frozen in time, and celebrate the lively coexistence or public intimacy that reigns in the marginalized areas of Santiago, where poets, vagrants, waiters, beggars, ragpickers, transvestites, musicians, and other homeless individuals congregate.

After creating these black and white images, Leonora colors them with pencils to restore the tones and atmosphere of the original scene. Her photographs also possess an aesthetic that lends them a timeless quality.

Author
Leonora Vicuña

Technical specifications
Published by: Ediciones Larivière
Year: 2024
Type: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Dimensions: 29 x 21 cm
Weight: 0.8 kg
Language: Bilingual - Spanish / English
Pages: 128
ISBN: 978-987-4460-23-3