7th Annual Latin American Foto Festival

FEATURING: Lalo de Almeida | Brazil • Manuel Almenares | Cuba • Lisandra Alvarez | Cuba • Santiago Billy | Guatemala • Alejandro Cegarra | Mexico • Fotokids | Guatemala • Magda Gibelli | Peru • Alí Marín | Mexico • Jorge Santiago | Mexico • Wara Vargas | Bolivia • Victor Zea | Peru

The Bronx Documentary Center (BDC) holds its 7th annual Latin American Foto Festival (LAFF) from July 11-28, featuring large-scale photographs by both emerging and established, award-winning photographers. Their work will be displayed throughout the South Bronx’s Melrose neighborhood. This year, marking the 7th anniversary of LAFF, we will be expanding the Festival to five new locations in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn! The Festival includes works from Bolivia, Peru, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala and Brazil–photographs representing long-term projects on Bolivian women wearing traditional skirts or “cholas”; environmental and social damage in the Amazon; the worlds of single mothers and girls in Centro Habana; a centuries-old ritual dance in Guatemala; the impact of US immigration policy on migrants in Mexico, the community of Tlacotalpan, Mexico, and its river; basketball culture in Oaxaca indigenous communities; the hip hop movement in Peru; and archival images of a Caribbean social club in Brooklyn. As part of the Festival, the BDC will hold in-person workshops, tours, panel discussions, and other community events.

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

Spanish translations by Maria de la Paz Galindo.

View the virtual exhibition map here.

Exhibitions on view at:
THE BRONX:

• Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Ave, Bronx, NY 10451
• Bronx Documentary Center (Back patio fence), 614 Courtlandt Ave, Bronx, NY 10451
• BDC Annex, 364 E. 151st St, Bronx, NY 10455
• 151st St Community Garden, 360 E. 151st St, Bronx, NY 10455
• Immaculate Conception School (Church Fence), E. 150th x Melrose Ave, Bronx, NY 10455
• Immaculate Conception School (front of school), 378 E. 151st St, Bronx, NY 10455
• Melrose Playground Parking lot (next to BDC) 616 Courtlandt Ave, Bronx, NY 10451

QUEENS:
• Terraza 7, 40-19 Gleane St, Queens, NY 11373

MANHATTAN:
• La Sala de Pepe, 73 Loisaida Ave, New York, NY 10009
• Piragua Art Space, 367 E 10th St, New York, NY 10009
• 9th Street Community Garden, 703 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009

BROOKLYN:
• Toñita's Caribbean Social Club, 244 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Gallery Hours (indoor galleries):
Thur-Fri 3-7PM & Sat-Sun 1-5PM
Free admission

The outdoor exhibits were printed by Photoville

Wheat pasting in collaboration with DYSTURB in celebration of their 10th anniversary.

7th 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.

The Festival’s expansion is co-sponsored by The Action Lab's Liberation Summer, part of their Belafonte Initiative supporting arts and culture around social issues, in honor of Harry Belafonte's legacy.

HEADER IMAGE: © Lalo de Almeida

© Wara Vargas

© Lisandra Alvarez