joana toro

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER

www.joanatoro.com

Colombia on My Mind

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Location: Bogota - New York

Nationality: Colombian

Biography: Joana Toro Colombian is a self-taught photographer based in both New York City and Bogota, Colombia. Her work explores issues of immigration, human rights and identity and was featured on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, World Press... MORE

Cusio,Cundinamarca ,Colombia, ...nwhile we wait for lunch time.

1 of 26 © 2023 Joana Toro

Cusio,Cundinamarca ,Colombia, Portrait of my Grandmother in her kitchen meanwhile we wait for lunch time.

Cusio,Cundinamarca ,Colombia, ...my Grandmother in her kitchen.

2 of 26 © 2023 Joana Toro

Cusio,Cundinamarca ,Colombia, Portrait of my Grandmother in her kitchen.

Cundinamarca, Colombia, herita... near to Nemocom town station.

3 of 26 © 2023 Joana Toro

Cundinamarca, Colombia, heritage touristic train (train of the Sabana) in motion near to Nemocom town station.

Bogota, Colombia, Marginal nei...cling as livelihood.

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Bogota, Colombia, Marginal neighborhood where people use recycling as livelihood.

Boyaca, Colombia countryside bar.

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Boyaca, Colombia countryside bar.

Bogota,Colombia, Marginal neig...e use recycling as livelihood.

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Bogota,Colombia, Marginal neighborhood where people use recycling as livelihood.

Bogota,Colombia,  rel...hborhood at North of the city.

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Bogota,Colombia, religion procession into a healthy neighborhood at North of the city.

Bahia Solano,Choco Colombia tw...nto the  town school.

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Bahia Solano,Choco Colombia two girls playing into the town school.

Monteria,Cordova,Colombia moth...ouse that is also a pool hall.

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Monteria,Cordova,Colombia mother and his son into their house that is also a pool hall.

Bogota Colombia fire in the south of the capital.

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Bogota Colombia fire in the south of the capital.

Bogota, Colombia naked protest... rights in the capital street.

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Bogota, Colombia naked protest during a rally for civil rights in the capital street.

A group of men are working in manual eradication of Coca crops.

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A group of men are working in manual eradication of Coca crops.

Detail of the table into the c... extinction by Colombian Army.

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Detail of the table into the country state property of the drug lord Elizabeth Montana de Sierra “la monita retrechera” as a apart of the domain extinction by Colombian Army.

San Martin, Meta,Colombia Each...as forged in war and conquest.

14 of 26 © 2023 Joana Toro

San Martin, Meta,Colombia Each year since the 18th century San martin’s people have staged an elaborate event that symbolizes the origin of the Latin American peoples as forged in war and conquest.

San Martin, Meta,Colombia Each...as forged in war and conquest.

15 of 26 © 2023 Joana Toro

San Martin, Meta,Colombia Each year since the 18th century San martin’s people have staged an elaborate event that symbolizes the origin of the Latin American peoples as forged in war and conquest.

San Martin, Meta,Colombia Each...as forged in war and conquest.

16 of 26 © 2023 Joana Toro

San Martin, Meta,Colombia Each year since the 18th century San martin’s people have staged an elaborate event that symbolizes the origin of the Latin American peoples as forged in war and conquest.

Cartagena,Colombia,female boxe...for female boxing in Colombia.

17 of 26 © 2023 Joana Toro

Cartagena,Colombia,female boxer after training routine in spite of insufficient support for female boxing in Colombia.

Bogota,Colombia, An exotic dan...age in the center of the city.

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Bogota,Colombia, An exotic dancer go on stage in the center of the city.

Bogota Colombia, Gay Parade in Bogota streets.

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Bogota Colombia, Gay Parade in Bogota streets.

Bogota Colombia prisoners cut ...mp;ldquo;La Picota”.

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Bogota Colombia prisoners cut hair into the barbershop of the Central Penitentiary “La Picota”.

Bogota Colombia,  a C...troyed and replaced by a park.

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Bogota Colombia, a Couple in the street of “el Catucho" that was one of the poorest and most dangerous areas in Colombia this street was destroyed and replaced by a park.

Bogota,Colombia A sex worker i...tel in the center of the city.

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Bogota,Colombia A sex worker in her bed into a motel in the center of the city.

Bogota Colombia,  det...house where war refugees stay.

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Bogota Colombia, detail of house where war refugees stay.

Monteria,Cordova,Colombia fami...;into a Marginal neighborhood.

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Monteria,Cordova,Colombia family house into a Marginal neighborhood.

A general view form the train in the Sabana in Cundinamarca.

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A general view form the train in the Sabana in Cundinamarca.

In the inauguration of the new...interested again in democracy.

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In the inauguration of the new president Gustavo Metro a group of young people listen to his speech at his presidential possession. It is a new beginning where youth are interested again in democracy.

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Thumbnail of Cusio,Cundinamarca ,Colombia, P_ my Grandmother in her kitchen.

Thumbnail of Cundinamarca, Colombia, heritag_n near to Nemocom town station.

Thumbnail of Bogota, Colombia, Marginal neig_ycling as livelihood.

Thumbnail of Boyaca, Colombia countryside bar.

Thumbnail of Bogota,Colombia, Marginal neigh_le use recycling as livelihood.

Thumbnail of Bogota,Colombia,  reli_ghborhood at North of the city.

Thumbnail of Bahia Solano,Choco Colombia two_into the  town school.

Thumbnail of Monteria,Cordova,Colombia mothe_house that is also a pool hall.

Thumbnail of Bogota Colombia fire in the south of the capital.

Thumbnail of Bogota, Colombia naked protest _l rights in the capital street.

Thumbnail of A group of men are working in manual eradication of Coca crops.

Thumbnail of Detail of the table into the co_n extinction by Colombian Army.

Thumbnail of San Martin, Meta,Colombia Each _ as forged in war and conquest.

Thumbnail of San Martin, Meta,Colombia Each _ as forged in war and conquest.

Thumbnail of San Martin, Meta,Colombia Each _ as forged in war and conquest.

Thumbnail of Cartagena,Colombia,female boxer_ for female boxing in Colombia.

Thumbnail of Bogota,Colombia, An exotic danc_tage in the center of the city.

Thumbnail of Bogota Colombia, Gay Parade in Bogota streets.

Thumbnail of Bogota Colombia prisoners cut h_amp;ldquo;La Picota”.

Thumbnail of Bogota Colombia,  a Co_stroyed and replaced by a park.

Thumbnail of Bogota,Colombia A sex worker in_otel in the center of the city.

Thumbnail of Bogota Colombia,  deta_;house where war refugees stay.

Thumbnail of Monteria,Cordova,Colombia famil_p;into a Marginal neighborhood.

Thumbnail of A general view form the train in the Sabana in Cundinamarca.

Thumbnail of In the inauguration of the new _ interested again in democracy.

Public Story

Colombia on My Mind

Copyright joana toro 2023

Date of Work Dec 1969 - Ongoing

Updated Jul 2019

Location Colombia

Topics Belief, Documentary, Editorial, Personal, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Street, Travel

Colombia on My Mind (2000-2011)

I was born in a country with an on-going civil war, just like my mother and grandmother. Colombia on My Mind is a personal journal that reflects how Colombians live and raise their families, and conduct their lives with this endless situation of corruption, impunity, pace processes and war in the background. The interpretations of these images depend on the subjectivity of the viewer. For me as a Colombian, life in my country is a state of waiting, living every day in the middle of invisible boundaries that divide our country. The wonder of peace.

This serie was exhibit at Forum Mondial Normandie pour la Paix , Caen, France 2019.

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