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Zabila
1998
La Silla
1998
El Aprendizaje
2000
Camino a Casa
2002
Toro Oscuro
2002
JOEL SALCIDO (AMERICAN)
Silver Gelatin Print on Archival Paper
Administration Building
By printing his photos in warm tones of earth, Salcido seeks
to capture fragments of time where “visual poetry and
beauty reside.” In 1999-2000, the Salcido family, seeking to
understand its roots, moved to Belorado, a small village in
northern Spain. Photos produced during the artist’s yearlong
sabbatical there culminated in Spain: Millennium Past.
In this series, the artist suspends time and its ceaseless evolution
to invite viewers to experience images of a rich culture that
pauses to savor life’s simple joys; El Aprendizaje, Camino a
Casa, and Toro Oscuro come from that series. Zabila and La
Silla are from the artist’s Hecho en Juarez, a series in which he
chronicles intimate scenes from the Cuauhtémoc Market.
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