From Colombia to Chicago Through the Photo Archive
On April 13th, the LCC welcomed photojournalist Stephen Ferry for the last Zona Abierta of the Spring 2016 semester to explore the Colombian conflict, the visual documentation of human rights, and the prospect of peace in that war-torn country through his book: Violentology: A Manual of the Colombian Conflict. Similar to the mural at the LCC, the photo archive is a powerful tool in the empowerment, resistance, and collective liberation of oppressed communities in the U.S. and around the world, which reminds us of the LCC motto: “Remembering the past, reflecting on the present, [and] envisioning the future.” To learn more about Ferry’s work, check out this article by The New York Times, “The Human Cost of Gold” or support his upcoming project through Kickstarter, La Batea: Impressions of Gold in Colombia.
Special thanks to Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo for helping us bring Stephen to the LCC, and congratulations for being pre-selected from 370 photographers in Colombia for a prize with the magazine Revista Enfoque Visual—for her work with indigenous communities of Colombia, the Emberá people.