The series of photographs compose a unqiue portrait of the lives of everyday Latin Americans. Justin Negard’sMano A Mano captures an underground lucha libre event held in an abandoned gymnasium in Bogota. Peter Bauza photographs Brazil’s largely unseen homeless communities in an effort to shed light on the country’s multibillion dollar spending spree on global events like the most recent summer olympics. Masked Zayacos of Ajijic takes a look at a mostly unknown yearly carnival celebration in Mexico. The one featured photograph by Kim Badawi is part of a larger series entitled, Os Mascarados, which looks at the effects of wearing a mask today in South America.
Victor Beuren, Art Director: Michael Charles, ‘Jailhouse Rock,’ February 2016, Brazil
Monarch butterfly over West Virginia is an illustration by Peter Kuper, taken from one of his graphic novels entitled Ruins, which follows the migration of the Monarch butterflies and a couple having a sabbatical year in Oaxaca, Mexico. Alejo Porras’sRefugee Crisis illustration imagines fish turned into torpedoes aimed at a man drowning in the water having gone overboard. The poster was made with the hopes of motivating people and organizations to get involved with helping those trying to escape the horrors of war. Check out some more of our favorites below:
Dane Strom, ‘Masked Zayacos of Ajijic, Mexico,’ February 2015, USA/Mexico
Kim Badawi, From the Os Mascarados series, French Egyptian/Brazil
Sebastian Castañeda, ‘The Invisible Threat,’ June 2015, Peru/Cuba
Justin Negard, ‘Mano A Mano,’ August 2015, USA / Colombia
Patricia Ackerman, ‘She doesn´t sleep,’ February 2016, Argentina
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