Javier Alvarez

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Biography: hola@javieralvarezm.com 1-303-746-0504 Brooklyn, NY / Santiago, Chile. Javier Álvarez is a Chilean documentary photographer focused on social issues. After pursuing a BFA in Photography, Javier worked as a freelance editorial and... MORE

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Javier Álvarez, San Bernardo, Santiago, Chile, 2020. In Chile, a mostly Catholic country, beliefs about life after death are widely accepted. Paula Lorca’s family has felt her presence at their house: footsteps, shadows, sighs, even moving objects. They believe Paula doesn’t know she left. Santiago de Chile Chile

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Javier Álvarez, Santiago, Chile, 2020. Francesca Escudero, Romario Veloz’s partner and mother of his daughter, demanding justice for his death outside of La Moneda, the presidential palace. Chile

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Javier Álvarez, Santiago, Chile, 2020. Marco Valdebenito, Cristián’s brother, was seen as the first protester to climb the monument at Plaza Dignidad. Santiago de Chile Chile

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Javier Álvarez, La Granja, Santiago, Chile, 2020. Alicia González holds her favorite picture of her son Danilo Cárdenas wearing his military uniform. Santiago de Chile Chile

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Javier Álvarez, San Bernardo, Santiago, Chile, 2020. The site of the death of Paula Lorca, who was found inside a looted supermarket on the night of October 19 2019. Santiago de Chile Chile

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Javier Álvarez, Santiago, Chile, 2020. Protesters gathered at the top of the General Manuel Baquedano monument to celebrate the referendum’s victory to write a new constitution for Chile. Santiago de Chile Chile

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Javier Álvarez, La Granja, Santiago, Chile, 2020. Juan Cárdenas’s tattoo in honor of his son Danilo. “I was always against marking your own body,” Juan says. “But I wanted to remember Danilo every day, so I got a tattoo just like him, for him.” Santiago de Chile Chile

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Javier Álvarez, Coquimbo, Chile, 2020. Street corner where Kevin Gómez was killed by military forces. Kevin was shot in the back with his hands in the air. The investigation is still ongoing after a year. Chile

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Javier Álvarez, Santiago, Chile, 2020. A man yells alone at Plaza Dignidad after the victory of the referendum to write a new constitution for Chile. Chile

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A man yells alone at the 'Dignity Square' after the celebration for the results of the referendum's victory for the approval to write a new constitution for Chile. Santiago de Chile Chile

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A man blocks an exit on the Brooklyn Bridge eastern side, on the first day of protests after the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. Un hombre bloquea el paso de autos en el puente de Brooklyn, en el comienzo de las protestas durante la pandemia, en respuesta al asesinato de George Floyd. New York, May 2020.

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Terrance Floyd, George's Floyd brother arrives at a protest in New York, invited by activist groups, after the first week of demonstrations across the country. New York, May 2020.

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An NYPD officer sprays a group of protesters congregated at Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, NY. New York, May 2020

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A group of protesters confronting NYPD officers inside a subway station, at a protest for the detention of Adrian Napier. New York, November 2020.

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Adrian Napier is seen at the protests on his support for the brutal detention by NYPD officers in the MTA subway in NY. New York, November 2019.

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A man showing a tattoo of a rising fist that reads "Power Besides Everything Else", in another day of protest in Brooklyn. Right after the worst days of the pandemic in New York, followed by lockdowns, the entire city returned to the streets in the form of daily protests in support of the BLM movement. New York, August 2020.

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A group of cyclists is seen occupying the streets of Manhattan, on a new protest day in support of the BLM movement. The action was organized by a Queens-based group called Street Riders, a collective that was originally organized to protect protesters from arrests. New York, July 2020.

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Copyright Javier Alvarez 2024

Updated Sep 2022

Location new york

Topics Documentary, Mixed Medium, Photography, Portraiture, Spotlight

On May 25th, the entire country repudiated the assassination of George Floyd by the hands of the former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, who was filmed while kneeling on George Floyd's neck, causing him the death. It was the beginning of an overdue social revolution, marked by police brutality on the African American community, and its systematic racism.

Coverage for The Gothamist (NY), PEDALEA (Chile), and MidiaNinja (Brazil).

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