La luz que nos dieron

  • Dates
    2018 - 2018
  • Author
  • Topics Archive, Documentary, Social Issues
  • Location Chiapas, Mexico

Analog Photography - Primer Encuentro internacional de las Mujeres que Luchan, Caracol de Morelia, Chiapas, Mexico

Analog pictures from the Primer Encuentro internacional de las Mujeres que Luchan - First International Meeting of Women who Struggle - organized by the Zapatistas in the Caracol de Morelia, Chiapas, Mexico, during the month of March of 2018.

It was a historic moment in Mexico where more than 8,000 women from all over the world gathered for 4 days, under the protection of the female Zapatista army, exchanging during conferences and workshops, sharing about ancestral wisdoms, medicine, politics, art, sport, music and dance, in complete freedom and security.

I went in order to present my project of portraits of missing women in Mexico City painted from their notices of disappearance that I came across during my daily comings and goings, but also to participate in the workshops. I realized these few days that for the first time in my life, I felt free in my body, protected, without fear, without censorship. It was very strong, both brutal to realize it but also deeply happy to feel it.

La luz que nos dieron by Laurene Praget

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