Estevan Oriol
#WorldPhotographyDay: 5 Latin Photographers With Unique World Views
Behind the lens.
Photography has long told stories and inspired people in a way other art medias could not. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. With the dawn of digital photography (and the World Wide Web), came the ability to share such handiwork across the globe in mere seconds. VIBE Viva today spotlights five photogs -- classic and contemporary -- that changed the way we see the world. Happy World Photography Day!
Estevan Oriol
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Estevan Oriol | Rapper Method Man
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz
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Manuel Rivera-Ortiz | Bolivia
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz "photographs the poor and disenfranchised around the world. His photographic stories of hardship and hope in some of the world’s poorest nations serve as a testament to the life he himself experienced growing up in backwater barrios in Guayama, Puerto Rico."
Graciela Iturbide
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Graciela Iturbide | Frida's Bathroom
Graciela Iturbide is a Mexican artist who, at 27, enrolled at the film school Centro de Estudios Cinematográficos at the Universidad Nacional Autónama de México to become a film director. She would soon be drawn to the art of still photography as practiced by the Mexican modernist master Manuel Alvarez Bravo who was teaching at the university.
Manuel Alvarez Bravo/The Getty Museum
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Manuel Alvarez Bravo |The Crouched Ones
Manuel Álvarez Bravo was Mexico’s first principal artistic photographer. He was self-taught and is considered the most important figure in 20th-century Latin American photography.
Estevan Oriol
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Estevan Oriol | Rapper Too Short
Estevan Oriol is a Mexican-American photographer and director based out of Los Angeles, CA. His work has been featured in numerous magazines and usually reflects L.A.'s urban and gang culture. He's also photographed many celebrities like Eminem, Cypress Hill, Dennis Hopper, Kim Kardashian, Blink 182, Forest Whitaker, 50 Cent, Danny Trejo and many more. He is also lauded for directing numerous music videos.
Milagros de la Torre
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Milagros de la Torre | Censored
Milagros de la Torre Milagros de la Torre "is one of the foremost contemporary artists working in conceptual photography. Her images present an eerie, haunting beauty, which often contrasts with her sobering subject matter. Her work is in the permanent collections of The Art Institute of Chicago; Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City; El Museo del Barrio, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Reina Sofia; and other institutions worldwide."
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