'Padre'
Bolivia
Photographer MARISOL MENDEZ
2023 Shortlist
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Image-making is Marisol’s channel to make visible the tension between truth and fiction, the tight relationship between what a photograph creates and the (sur)real it comes from.
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In her book "The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love," Bell Hooks argues that the traditional definition of masculinity centres around dominance, control, and the suppression of emotions. Mendez’s ‘Padre’ aims to explore the construction of masculinity from a feminine perspective, focusing on deconstructing Latin America notions of machismo.
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'Padre'
Bolivia
Photographer MARISOL MENDEZ
2023 Shortlist
'Billard Editions'
France
Art Director INÊS MENA SILVA
2023 Shortlist