Americas Society opens on September 17th the exhibition Fernell Franco: Amarrados [Bound]; curated by the independent critic Maria Iovino, the show features seventeen large-scale black and white vintage prints as well as never before exhibited reference studies that demonstrate the many editing techniques Franco designed to favor the expression of a particular form in his photographs. The exhibition takes its title from the artist's series of the same name, featuring work developed between 1978 and 1994 in the streets and markets of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Depicting isolated, bound and wrapped structures; the photographs are exception...

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A unique exhibition of never-before-presented photographs of Graciela Iturbide, one of Mexico’s most celebrated photographers, of General Omar Torrijos; Panama's leader from 1968 - 1981 and one of the best-known 20th century figures throughout Latin America.

Artists have often lent their work to help tear down narratives and redefine prevailing concepts of historical account. Graciela Iturbide, who befriended General Omar Torrijos in the 1970s, offers her sparkles of memory and understanding from a different perspective of photojournalism or
documentary photography.

Iturbide explores in an inte...

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