Annual Latin American Foto Festival 2024

The Bronx Documentary Center (BDC) will hold its 6th annual Latin American Foto Festival (LAFF) featuring large-scale photographs by both emerging and established photographers, with their work displayed throughout the South Bronx’s Melrose neighborhood.

Overview

Curated by Cynthia Rivera and Michael Kamber, the 6th edition of the Annual Latin American Foto Festival includes works from Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, with photographs representing long-term projects on missing persons, femicides, indigenous people's rights, trans rights, youth exodus, Venezuela through young girls’ eyes, women soccer fans, and Latino and Caribbean contributions to Hip Hop culture. As part of the Festival, the Bronx Documentary Center will hold in-person workshops, tours, panel discussions, and other community events.

Artists featured include Audrey Cordova, Federico Ríos Escobar, Natalia Favre, Zahara Gómez, Nicole Kramm, Cuerpas Reales, Hinchas Reales, Sonia Madrigal, Mayra Martell, Project MiRA, Musuk Nolte, Nuevayorkinos, Fernanda Pineda, Ángela Ponce, María Jesús Folil Pueller and Greta Rico.

The 6th 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 Governor Kathy Hochul, the NY State Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Con Edison.