Latin America boasts a longstanding tradition in photography dating back to over a century and a half. However, in the course of the past three decades, the region has panned out to be a major powerhouse in the world realm of contemporary photography, thanks in part to the painstaking institutionalization process that swept the region by the hand of colloquiums and meetings held during the 1970s through the 90s, to the creation of institutions, events and publications, and to the professional training and formation of shutterbug artists.
The stamp photography has left on the contemporary visual culture moves up just another notch with the help of cutting-edge technology and the use of social networks as platforms for the promotion and consumption of images, let alone the temporality and immediateness of its access. The recognition to the work of young and not-so-young photographers on websites like Zonezero and Fotorrevista are good cases in point of how the Web can be used to foster knowledge on the region’s photography. Like these websites, the advance of new technologies in the field of photography has built a new kind of relationship between “users” and images on the one hand, and it has also allowed for further analysis and larger circulation on the other hand.
The image’s transit from analogical to digital within the Latin American context can be followed on the Web as well through the work of remarkable creators, something that redounds in the building of collective memory in both exclusive and horizontal ways. Following up on the promotion of websites and blogs by Latin American and Caribbean artists currently lodged on the World Wide Web, we suggest a selection of sites to click on and watch on cyberspace.
ARGENTINA
Annemarie Heinrich: www.annemarieheinrich.com
Eduardo Gil: www.eduardogil.com
Guillermo Loiácono: http://guillermoloiacono.blogspot.com
Eduardo Longoni: www.eduardolongoni.com.ar
Helen Zout: www.helenzout.com.ar
Juan Travnik: www.juantravnik.com.ar
Adriana Lestido: www.adrianalestido.com.ar
Marcos Zimmerman: www.marcoszimmermann.com
Fernando Gutiérrez: www.fernandogutierrez.com.ar
Colección Fotógrafos Argentinos: www.fotografosargentinos.com
FotoRevista: www.fotorevista.com.ar
BRASIL
Chico Albuquerque: www.chicoalbuquerque.com.br
Pierre Verger (Francia-Brasil): www.pierreverger.org
Mario Cravo Neto: www.cravoneto.com.br
Walter Firmo: www.walterfirmo.com.br
Cassio Vasconcelos: www.cassiovasconcellos.com.br
Miguel Río Branco: www.miguelriobranco.com.br
CHILE
Cecilia Paredes: www.ceciliaparedes.com
Alejandro Hoppe: www.alejandrohoppe.cl
Paz Errázuriz: www.pazerrazuriz.cl
Álvaro Hoppe: http://fotohoppe.blogspot.com
Javier Infante: www.javierainfante.com
Andrés Figueroa: www.andresfigueroa.cl
Fernando de Melo: http://fdomelop.blogspot.com
Rodrigo Opazo: www.rodrigoopazo.com
Paloma Villalobos: www.palomavillalobos.com
Rosario Montero: www.rosariomontero.com
Rodrigo Gómes Rovira: www.rodrigogomezrovira.blogspot.com
Sachiyo Nishimura: www.snishimura.com
Gabriel Schkolnick: www.schkolnick.com
Marco Fredes: www.marcofredes.com
Concepción Fotográfica: www.concepcionfotografica.cl
Fotografía chilena: http://fotografiachile.blogspot.com
COLOMBIA
Leo Matiz: www.leomatiz.org
COSTA RICA
Karla Solano: www.karlasolano.com
CUBA
Alejandro González: http://alejandrogonzalez.wordpress.com
Liudmila Velasco y Nelson Ramírez de Arrellano: www.liudmilanelson.com
Niurka Barroso: www.niurkaphotography.com
Rogelio López Marín (Gory) (Cuba-EEUU): www.fotogory.com
Fondo Cubano de la Imagen Fotográfica: www.fcif.net
GUATEMALA
Daniel Hernández Salazar: http://danielhernandezsalazar.blogspot.com
Luis González Palma: www.gonzalezpalma.com
JAMAICA
Albert Chong: http://albertchong.com
MÉXICO
Vida Yovanovich: www.vidayovanovich.com
Pedro Meyer: www.pedromeyer.com
Mariana Yampolsky: www.marianayampolsky.org
Lourdes Grobet: www.lourdesgrobet.com
Francisco Mata Rosas: www.franciscomata.com.mx
Adrián Bodek: www.adrianbodek.com
Laura Cohen: www.photolauracohen.com
Adriana Calatayud: www.adrianacalatayud.net
Pía Elizondo: www.piaelizondo.com
Edgar Ladrón de Guevara: www.edgarladrondeguevara.com
Zonezero (México-EE.UU.): www.zonezero.com
PERÚ
Carlos Montenegro: www.carlosmontenegro.com
Ana María McCarthy: http://anamariamccarthy.blogspot.com
VENEZUELA
Alexander Apóstol: www.alexanderapostol.com
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