3rd Annual Latin American Foto Festival

3rd Annual
Latin American
Foto Festival

On View: Feb 11-Mar 26, 2023

BDC, 614 Courtlandt Ave, BDC Annex,
364 E. 151st St, and outdoor venues

The Bronx Documentary Center’s (BDC) 3rd Annual Latin American Foto Festival will feature large-scale photographs throughout the Melrose community by award-winning photographers from the Caribbean and Latin America. Works by artists from Colombia, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile and Argentina will be displayed with photos from a variety of long-term projects focusing on social issues. As part of the Festival, the BDC will hold virtual workshops, tours, and panel discussions for our online and Bronx community, home to thousands of Latinx immigrants.

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

Spanish translations by Maria de la Paz Galindo. 

Outdoor vinyl exhibitions printed by Photoville.

The 4th Annual Latin American Foto Festival is made possible by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by City Council member Rafael Salamanca; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; Con Edison; and Open Society Foundations.

Two of the photographers in this year’s Festival celebrate the role and strength of Latin American women. Luisa Dörr will show her images of cowgirls and rodeo life in Brazil, while Adriana Parrilla‘s work explores the cultural roots of Afro-identity in Puerto Rico. Eric Allende, co-founder of Migrar Photo, a major photographic platform in Chile, photographs the recent uprising there. These images will be shown across the street from Luján Agusti’s documentation of Payasos de Coatepec, a project created in Veracruz, Mexico on religion, colonialism and culture.

An exhibition of Venezualan photography by Adriana Loureiro Fernández reflecting on the violence, poverty, and political upheaval there, will be projected nightly on the BDC’s back patio and Jorge Panchoaga‘s project on Colombia’s Nasa indigenous communities will be projected on the corner of 151st Street and Courtlandt Ave.

The 18-member COVID LATAM collective will show its work on the pervasive effects of COVID-19 in Latin America. The legendary Leo Goldstein’s photographs of Spanish Harlem from the 1950s will be exhibited on the BDC’s fence; across the street, César Rodríguez’s black-and-white photos created in the mountains of Guerrero, Mexico, will be displayed at the 151st Street community garden.

The Latin American Foto Festival’s outdoor display takes place in the BDC’s Melrose neighborhood, one of New York’s fastest growing and most dynamic communities. With installations along city sidewalks, school exteriors, and in community gardens, the Festival will be seen by thousands of residents each day. It is one of New York’s most exciting and important cultural displays of the year.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our indoor galleries will remain closed: this photo festival will be made up of outdoor banners and projections.