Friday 31 January 2014

From Orinoquía to Toronto in Pictures

Zilia Castrillon is a journalist and photographer from Colombia who lives in Toronto. Her photography illustrates compelling stories of complex events of social processes and multiple resistance struggles. Aspects of community life and people’s deep psychological traits and identity are revealed in these images.
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Zilia have visited various Eco-regions in Colombia, remote zones such as the Orinoquía and the Pacific Rainforest to document the Afro descendants and indigenous brave act of resistance against land grabs and poverty. She witnessed interesting developments on community-based conflict resolution and peace building.


Model 6She is also very interested in the different cultural expressions of native peoples of North America as well as life and environment in large industrialized cities.
Still, in her search, she extracts the poetic beauty of reality, expressed through textures, colors, light and shadow, the tragedy and the greatness of the human dimension.
She illustrated the people and crowd of Toronto very well in this collection of photos. The pictures emerge with many conflicts, triumphs and failures and, in spite of the bitterness and misery, it is revealed as a space full of surprises. People converging. Nature taking over urban spaces.
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Please visit Zilia Castrillon site:

http://www.ziliacastrillon.com/index.html

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