iDiaspora Photo Contest - 2022: Submission #72

Submission Number: 72
Submission ID: 10156
Submission UUID: 80b03adc-3e36-474a-824a-dac00ba97011
Submission URI: /en/photo-contest

Created: Thu, 11/03/2022 - 20:10
Completed: Thu, 11/03/2022 - 20:20
Changed: Thu, 11/03/2022 - 20:20

Remote IP address: 200.69.125.158
Submitted by: Unknown
Language: English

Is draft: No

Personal Information

Andrés
Pérez
Venezuelan
Bogotá
Bogotá
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Colombia
Professional

Presentation on the photographic series

Transiently
Navigating identities: is there a relationship between Diaspora’s homeland and new land? How do diasporas express their sense of belonging in multiple societies?
7 million people have migrated from Venezuela due to the humanitarian crisis. Some studies reveal that almost 1 million Venezuelan migrants are LGBTIQ+ people. We know that migration is a complex political and human circumstance, but there is more difficulty when the migrant condition is connected to situations of identity, gender and diverse sex. In the series Transiently, through the story of Aurora (19) trans woman, we explore the relationship that exists between the country of origin and the host country as the possibility of continuing to rewrite personal history with dignity. For that reason we migrate from hostile contexts where fundamental human rights vanish. So too do personal memories and bonds fade. Although LGBTIQ+ people resist in a limbo that connects their past in Venezuela with a present that becomes a promise of freedom. In this process the diverse body becomes the only permanent place.


Upload your Photos (3 photos)

  • Photo: Transiently_1.jpg
    Title: Aurora baby
    Brief introduction: Personal archive of aurora intervened by Andrés Pérez
    Photo date: 2022-01-19
    Photo location: Mérida, Venezuela
  • Photo: Transiently_2.jpg
    Title: Aurora quinceañera
    Brief introduction: Aurora's personal file intervened by herself
    Photo date: 2022-01-29
    Photo location: Bogotá, Colombia
  • Photo: Transiently_3.jpg
    Title: it's not Alejandro
    Brief introduction: Portrait of current Aurora.
    Photo date: 2022-01-26
    Photo location: Bogotá, Colombia
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