I will never get used to the cold

‘I will never get used to the cold’ , one of the most repeated phrases in the conversations I had with the protagonists of this project, proposes an intimate view and a powerful aesthetic content on

Immigration has been a constant throughout Chile's history, but during the last decade, migration from countries with Afro-descendant populations from Central America and the Caribbean such as Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Haiti has been particularly significant.

Economic and humanitarian crises have forced thousands of people to migrate to Chile, the region's most stable country, changing the urban landscape of the big cities. Eventually the street record, ephemeral by nature, gave way to private encounters in the intimate spaces of those portrayed.

As a result it was possible to build a collective story, even though language was often a challenge, using resources such as lighting to enhance certain narratives that invite us to reflect on the limits of documentary through photographic practice.

‘I will never get used to the cold’ , one of the most repeated phrases in the conversations I had with the protagonists of this project, proposes an intimate view and a powerful aesthetic content on Afro-descendant migration to the south of the world.