Andrés Yépez

Photographer & Anthropologist
    
Lumbisi
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Nationality: Ecuadorian
Biography: Visual storyteller based in Quito, Ecuador. Member of  Fluxus Foto ,  Diversify Photo  and  The Everyday Projects . His work focuses on identity, memory and the relationship between humans and their environment, using... MORE
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Lumbisi
Copyright Andrés Yépez 2024
Updated Mar 2021
Location lumbisi, ecuador
Topics Documentary, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture
The Kitu Kara people coexist with contemporaneity in the Ecuadorian capital. These ancestral communities are alive in their traditional practices and inhabit several territories of the Metropolitan District of Quito. A workshop between photographers and community members resulted in an exhibition that reflects this coexistence.

The Inti Raymi festivities and their preparations share scenes that portray the coexistence between the ancestral and the contemporary. From the territory, the community life of Oyambarillo, Lumbisí and La Tola Chica, localities belonging to the Kitu Kara people - made up of more than 100,000 people - and located within the Metropolitan District of Quito, can be better understood.

Commissioned for the Secretariat of Culture of the Municipality of Quito.

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La Barra Espaciadora - Retratos del pueblo Kitu Kara
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El pueblo Kitu Kara convive con la contemporaneidad en la capital ecuatoriana. Estas comunidades ancestrales están vivas en sus prácticas tradicionales y habitan varios territorios del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito. Un taller entre fotógrafos y comuneros dio como resultado una exposición que refleja esta convivencia.

Las fiestas del Inti Raymi y sus preparativos comparten escenas que retratan la convivencia entre lo ancestral y lo contemporáneo. Desde el territorio se entiende mejor la vida comunitaria de Oyambarillo, Lumbisí y La Tola Chica, localidades pertenecientes al pueblo Kitu Kara –conformado por más de 100 000 personas– y ubicadas dentro del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito.

Encargo para la Secretaría de Cultura del Municipio de Quito.

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