joana toro

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Colombia on my mind
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Location: New York and Bogota
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, Smithsonian... read on
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Colombia on my mind
Credits: joana toro
Date of Work: 12/31/69 - Ongoing
Updated: 07/13/19
Location: Colombia
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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.

Nací en un país en guerra civil como  mi madre y mi abuela, Colombia en mi mente es un viaje personal en el que interpreto como los Colombianos viven su vidas en medio de corrupción, impunidad, procesos de paz, y violencia como fondo. Para mi ser Colombiano es estar en un continuo estado de espera de una paz que nunca llega.

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Stament

By joana toro — Being an immigrant is an enormous challenge, this book provokes a reflection on the status of Latin immigrants in the US, their cultural..
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The Dressing Room

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TRANSLATINA

By joana toro — This project is about the Latino Trans community in New York City.   The Latino transgender community suffers from high levels of..
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Venezuela Exodus

By joana toro — The United Nations Agency for Refugees, UNHCR, reveals that there are already more than 2.4 million Venezuelans who have escaped to several Latin..
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Architecture

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Backstage

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Nasa: Ancient Warriors.

By joana toro — The Nasa or Páez people, are an indigenous ethnic group, with an estimated population of 70,000 members, who mainly live in the department..
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Events

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Agriculture and Habitat

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Industry and Energy

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Personal Fashion Portfolio

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Fashionistas

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Afro-Colombian Midwives

By joana toro — Daily work of a guild of midwives in Colombia's Pacific Coast. I enter the midwives’ association office in a humble neighborhood of..
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Masked.

By joana toro — Masked  (oodee, London, 2014) SOLD OUT San Martin, Meta is a town located in the middle of Colombia’s eastern plains. Each year since the..
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Emeralds

By joana toro — Colombia produces 55% of the world emerald market.  These prized gems,considered the best in the world,have been the source of intrigue and..
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