first inter-american competition and exhibition of digital photography by IDB

Gallery No. 1 • Integration

Demian Alejandro Martínez Demian Alejandro Martínez began his career in 1994 while working for Bruno Landa, learning laboratory techniques, visual expression and lightning. The following year he traveled from Buenos Aires to Mexico City. In 1996 he moved to Berlin, and there he continued studying photography and experimenting with theatrical photography. He returned to Buenos Aires and has been dedicated to teaching since 2002, however, he continues to work on his own projects in photography and video. His distinctions include first place in the contest organized by the Spanish portal www.portalsolidario.com.

Demian Alejandro Martínez Name of the work: "Fuerza Chinos" (Chinese People Get Out) Country: Argentina

This image was captured in the Palermo neigborhood of the City of Buenos Aires. According to its author, "the graffitti caught my attention right away. I think it represents a great synthesis between responsibility (rapid response) and the ever present possibility of transforming reality. I felt that the themes of integration and rejection were vividly expressed on the wall."

Gallery No. 1 • Integration

Osvaldo Alberto Palacios Urzúa Osvaldo Palacios Urzúa was born in Chile on March 9, 1959. He studied art at the University of Chile and has been working in advertising since 1978. In 1988 set up Taller Visual, his own workshop in which he designs and produces digital work covering all areas of commercial advertisement.

Osvaldo Alberto Palacios Urzúa Name of the work: "Madre" (Mother) Country: Chile The human being has created a society in which poverty persists. Man has distanced himself from nature, the "great mother." This image gives an optimistic notion reflecting how nature welcomes all beings despite being wounded.

Gallery No. 1 • Integration

Raúl Patricio Luco Torres Raúl Patricio Luco Torres was born in Santiago, Chile on November 4, 1960. He has resided in Peru, and in Italy where he studied photography. He then moved to Stockholm before returning to Chile to work for the newspapers La Época and La Nación. His interest in photojournalism has motivatedhim to create studies and exhibitions on various subjects, all aimed to vindicate the indigenous traditions of Latin America. He is currently working on a personal project in Chile that examines themes like poetry, the human body, and the disappeared" victims, among others.

Raúl Patricio Luco Torres Name of the work: "Integración" (Integration) Country: Chile A man’s hands are the imprints of his own existence. They evoke the human determination invested over the years to unweave injustices, with the hope that the effort was worthwhile. To make this situation evident, and to promote inclusion of all the productive forces in the development process is the only way to build a society that is fair for all groups of people.

Gallery No. 2 • Youth and Ageing

Raúl Villalba

Raúl Villalba Name of the work: "Los niños de la guerra" (Children of War) Country: Argentina

Gallery No. 2 • Youth and Ageing

Raúl Villalba

Raúl Villalba Name of the work: "Niños pobres de puebles muertos" (Children from Death Towns) Country: Argentina

Gallery No. 2 â&#x20AC;˘ Youth and Ageing

Alessandro Queiroz Zulianil Alessandro Queiroz Zuliani was born in Anchieta, Brazil on July 7, 1971. He currently lives in Italy, and has been interested in photography since age ten. He began studying photography professionally in 2001, and photojournalism two years later, specializing in black and white photography. He is also interested in documentary photography and the focus of his work is the human figure. He won First Prize at the Photography Unlimited Competition in 2003, and is a member of the L' imagine di Cadoneghe, an Italian photo club.

Alessandro Queiroz Zulianil Name of the work: "Hambriento" (Hungry) Country: Brazil

Gallery No. 2 â&#x20AC;˘ Youth and Ageing

Alessandro Queiroz Zulianil Name of the work: "En la ventana" (By the Window) Country: Brazil

Gallery No. 2 • Youth and Ageing

Claudia Nohemy Contreras Tejada Claudia Nohemy Contreras Tejada was born in San Salvador, El Salvador on January 22, 1981. In addition to studying photography, she has a Masters degree in Journalism and Communications. She has worked as an assistant at the Universidad Centroamericana and as a writer and photographer for the web page of Infocentros. She currently works as an editor for the web portal SaludyMedicina.com

Claudia Nohemy Contreras Tejada Name of the work: "En los oídos música, en la mirada el vacío" (In the Ears, Music; In the Eyes, Emptiness)

Country: El Salvador

Gallery No. 2 â&#x20AC;˘ Youth and Ageing

Mauro Calanchina Poncini Mauro Calanchina Poncini was born in Ticino, Switzerland on December 17, 1951. He has resided in Guatemala since 1972, and works as a photographer and graphic designer.

Mauro Calanchina Name of the work: "Juventud" (Youth)

Country: Guatemala

Gallery No. 2 โ ข Youth and Ageing

Daniel Benito Machado Hernรกndez Daniel Machado Hernรกndez was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on June 26, 1973. He studied Architecture and Fine Arts, and took several photography workshops at a Uruguayan photo club between 2000-02. He has exhibited individually three times, and among his awards are Second Prize at the National Photography Competition in 2001, and First Prize in the competition organized by the magazine Lamalapalabra in 2003.

Daniel Benito Machado Hernรกndez Name of the work: "Adulto mayor" (Ageing) Country: Uruguay

The picture shows the hand of Milka, a retired Uruguayan woman, who spent the last part of her life with her pet.

Gallery No. 2 â&#x20AC;˘ Youth and Ageing

Federico da Silva Veras

Federico da Silva Veras Name of the work: "Gente de fe" (People of Faith) Country: Brazil

Gallery No. 2 • Youth and Ageing

Henry Agudelo Henry Agudelo Cano was born in Medellin, Colombia on July 7, 1958. He took the photojournalism workshop at the Gabriel García Márquez School for Journalism in Cartagena, and also took courses in digital technology. He has been a photojournalist for 22 years working for the newspapers El Mundo (Medellin), and El Tiempo (Bogota), and currently is the deputy photo editor at the newspaper El Colombiano (Medellin).

Henry Agudelo Name of the work: "Rompiendo con el protocolo" (Breaking Protocol) Country: Colombia

The daughter of a dead official breaks with protocol to give a final farewell to her assassinated father, who was killed by terrorist guerrillas in the town of Dabeiba, Colombia in 2002.

Gallery No. 2 â&#x20AC;˘ Youth and Ageing

Manuel Salvador Saldarriaga Quintero Manuel Saldarriaga Quintero was born in Medellin, Colombia on October 19, 1969. He has worked as a photojournalist for the last thirteen years, and is currently on the staff of the newspaper El Colombiano, in Medellin.

Manuel Salvador Saldarriaga Name of the work: "Juventud" (Youth) Country: Colombia

Far down the Atrato River, in the Department of ChocĂł, in Colombia, there is a community of 68 families that live under constant threat of being displaced by terrorist groups who threaten their lifestyle. The children in this community dream of becoming either successful soccer players, or just someone important within the tribe.

Gallery No. 2 â&#x20AC;˘ Youth and Ageing

Raquel Schwartz Raquel Schwartz was born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1963. She studied in the United States and Israel. She has exhibited individually and collectively in Bolivia and abroad, and has participated in international events such as the XXV Sao Paulo Biennial.

Raquel Schwartz Name of the work: "NiĂąos de la calle" (Street Children) Country: Bolivia

This typical scene was shot in the streets of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, a Bolivian city. Every day many children, like those in the picture, are born, eat, sleep and live without a home in Latin America. The incorporation of these families into a decent life is still a dream. It is our responsibility to make sure it happens.

Gallery No. 2 • Youth and Ageing

Rodrigo Alejandro González Rodrigo Alejandro González Lillo was born on February 18, 1975. He studied photography at the Universidad del Pacífico, graduating at the head of his class. He has worked for the web portal 123.cl, the Andes Foundation, and El Mercurio newspaper.

Rodrigo Alejandro González Name of the work: "En la viga" (On the Beam) Country: Chile

The picture was taken during practice at a gymnasium for girls in Santiago, Chile.

Gallery No. 3 • Human Rights

José Alfredo Betancur Betancourt Jose Alfredo Betancur Betancourt was born in Colombia on October 23, 1975. He is a social communicator and journalist, and for the last five years has been dedicated to commercial digital photography.

José Alfredo Betancur Betancour Name of the work: "Contrastes" (Contrasts) Country: Colombia

Shantytowns, built on the slopes of mountains or near creeks without electrical power or sanitation services, contrast with the high levels of corruption in Latin America.

Gallery No. 3 â&#x20AC;˘ Human Rights

Juan Manuel Calle Juan Manuel Calle was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia on June 5, 1949. He studied at Daytona Beach College and the New York Institute of Photography. In the mid 1990s he developed an interest in digital photography. He has taught at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano and Sergio Arboleda Universities, and Taller Cinco in Colombia. He is currently working on a book which gathers his recent work with digital photography.

Juan Manuel Calle Name of the work: "Y el tiempo pasa." (And Time Passes By) Country: Colombia

Without the need to show people, the image refers to human rights violations and kidnapping in Colombia.

Gallery No. 3 â&#x20AC;˘ Human Rights

Mauro Calanchina Poncini Mauro Calanchina Poncini was born in Ticino, Switzerland on December 17, 1951. He has resided in Guatemala since 1972, and works as a photographer and graphic designer.

Mauro Calanchina Poncini Name of the work: "Derechos humanos" (Human Rights) Country: Guatemala

The photo shows some of the victims of the armed conflict in Guatemala who demand information about their disappeared relatives, as well as just compensation for mistreatment.

Gallery No. 3 • Human Rights

Rodrigo Alejandro Cavieres Villalobos Rodrigo Alejandro Caviares Villalobos was born in Rancagua, Chile on April 20, 1964. In 1986 he began to work with video and currently works as audivisual producer. His documentary on the Los Cipreses River Reservoir was selected to participate in the XV International Film Festival in Viña del Mar in 2003

Rodrigo Alejandro Cavieres Villalobos Name of the work: "Lo que sea su cariño" (Whatever you want to give me) Country: Chile

The child in the photo is not playing but working as a juggler on the streets; he asks for whatever people wish to give him to help support his home. The economic reality of this kid deprives him of his freedom to play.

Gallery No. 3 • Human Rights

Gerardo Cháves Alonso Gerardo Chaves Alonso was born in Bogota, Colombia on July 28, 1950. He studied Social Communications at the Universidad de la Sabana. Since 1979 he has worked as photojournalist for the newspapers Magazín Deportivo, El Bogotano, and El Espacio. He has received several awards for his work in Colombia, among them, Best Graphic Story in 1997.

Gerardo Cháves Alonso Name of the work: "Desalojo" (Displacement) Country: Colombia

This photograph was taken in October, 2003 in El Cartucho, one of the most deprived and dangerous neighborhoods of Bogota, capital of Colombia. The people who lived in this area made a living recycling trash and trafficking drugs. The image shows the last day before people were evicted and the buildings demolished.

Gallery No. 3 • Human Rights

Demian Alejandro Martínez Name of the work: "Desaparecidos" (Missing People) Country: Argentina

This photo was taken in Buenos Aires, in August of 2003 at the park honoring the memory of the "disappeared," the victims of the Argentine military dictatorship of 1976-1983. Martinez says that "the place was designed with many sculptures by artists from many countries. It achieves what an overload of information could not convey to me for years: a clean and direct connection with the human and national drama my country experienced. Perhaps the proximity of the River Plate and the breezes at dusk soothe the healing of scars that are still open. My photo attempts to make the viewer aware of such a possibility, supported by the combination of the art and nature."

Gallery No. 4 â&#x20AC;˘ Community

Francisco Javier Pereda Beuchart Francisco Javier Pereda Beuchat was born in Santiago, Chile, on March 22, 1963. He studies architecture, geography, photography and film. In 1990 joined the newspaper El Mercurio, and worked for the magazines Caras, Cosas, and Paula, in Santiago. That is how he initiated his career as a photojournalist, visiting several countries In 1997 moved to Paris and worked as photographer for theater and dance companies. He traveled through Asia and Africa in the year 2000. He currently is back in Santiago where he works in editorial and commercial photography. In 2002 received Second Prize at the National Salon of Press Photography in Santiago.

Francisco Javier Pereda Beuchart Name of the work: "Pevas, Amazonas Peruano" (Pevas, Peruviam Amazon) Country: Chile The people from Pevas, State of Loreto, Peru, survive thanks to the commerce along the river, to the Government subsidies and the charity of individuals.

Gallery No. 4 โ ข Community

Juan Britos Juan Britos was born in Asunciรณn, Paraguay, in 1967. He started studying photography in 1990. In 1992 he begun a photo essay on the Paraguayan Indians and the following year traveled to Buenos Aires where he worked for a year at Diario Popular. Back in Paraguay he has worked for several local media. He has exhibited half a dozen times and his most important award if the First Prize at the contest organized by the local magazine Accion.

Juan Britos Name of the work: "Comunidad" (Community) Country: Paraguay

The Toba Oom woman from the Cerrito community manually manufacture brooms with palm leaves. To obtain the material they must walk long distances and, when the brooms are ready, they walk back to sell them in the closest market.

Gallery No. 4 • Community

María Alejandra Prieto Suárez María Alejandra Prieto Suárez was born in Santiago, Chile, on April 25, 1980. She is currently a Masters degree candidate in Visual Arts at the University of Chile. She has exhibited collectively at the National Fine Arts Museum and Santiago´s Metrorail art gallery.

María Alejandra Prieto Suárez Name of the work: "Hogar, dulce hogar" (Home, Sweet Home) Country: Chile

In an igloo built with sugar cubes, the idea of "Home Sweet Home" is associated with photographic images, and carries the ideas of social stability and living harmoniously in a community.

Gallery No. 5 â&#x20AC;˘ Sustainable Growth

Enzo Basso Enzo Renato Basso Carvajal was born in Santiago, Chile on August 23, 1948. He has been a professional photographer since 1977, and has developed his career in Canada and Chile. In Toronto he worked at the studio of Madison Photo Murals, and collaborated with Wim Vanderkooy, a Canadian photographer. He returned to Chile in 1980 and joined Paula magazine, working there for six years. In 1987 he opened his own photo workshop and has since dedicated himself since to commercial photography. In addition to his studio work, he is producing a book inspired by Pablo NerudaÂ´s "Book of Questions."

Enzo Basso Name of the work: "Crecimiento sustentable" (Sustainable Growth) Country: Chile The humorous note of the contest is displayed indeed in this photo by the Chilean Enzo Basso. He combines the objectivity of commercial photography with the irony of social commentary.

Gallery No. 5 â&#x20AC;˘ Sustainable Growth

Patricio Valenzuela Patricio Valenzuela was born in ValparaĂso, Chile in 1973. He studied advertising and professional photography at the Arcos Institute in Santiago. Since 1988 he has worked at photojournalist for the newspapers El Mercurio, El Metropolitano and Las Ă&#x161;ltimas Noticias. He has developed photo essays on Andacollo and the religious festivities in Chile. He has exhibited individually seven times and has participated in several local competitions, receiveing first prize at a contest organized by the municipality of Coquimbo, where he lives now.

Patricio Valenzuela Name of the work: "Pirquinero" (Artisan Miner) Country: Chile A pirquinero is a miner who looks for gold more than 350 feet underground with primitive technology. This image was taken in the town of Andacollo, in the North of Chile, where most of its 10,000 inhabitants make their living directly or indirectly from this activity.

Gallery No. 6 â&#x20AC;˘ Equity

Elman Padilla Elman Padilla was born in Cholueca, Honduras, on January 17, 1958. He studied Communications, Design, Fine Arts and Photography at the University of Miami at Coral Gables, and has been trained in Advertising and Commercial Photography. He is a founding member of Fotogremio (Specialized Photographers of Honduras) and has exhibited his work in the United States and Honduras. He currently teaches Graphic Design and Commercial Photography in Honduras.

Elman Padilla Name of the work: "Dulce amargura" (Sweet Bitterness) Country: Honduras A manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands are the imprints of his own existence. They evoke the human determination invested over the years to unweave injustices, with the hope that the effort was worthwhile. To make this situation evident, and to promote inclusion of all the productive forces in the development process is the only way to build a society that is fair for all groups of people.

Gallery No. 6 â&#x20AC;˘ Equity

Elman Padilla Name of the work: "Dulce Descanso" (Sweet Rest) Country: Honduras

The image shows the irony between that which is sweet -sugar- and that which is bitter- the sugar cane harvest. The photo conveys a message of equity for the peasants who perform this back-breaking and poorly paid work.

Gallery No. 6 • Equity

Jaime William Muro Llosa Jaime William Muro Llosa was born in Lima, Peru on December 30, 1968. He studied and earned his doctorate in Communications and New Technologies from the University of Fortaleza. Currently he is Assistant Professor at the University's Center for Human Sciences, and also teaches Social Communication of the Ceará´s Universidad del Nordeste. He has been invited to serve as a juror at video and film festivals in Bolivia and Peru.

Jaime William Muro Llosa Name of the work: "Pescadores de luz" (Fisherman of Lights) Country: Peru This photograph of a "jangada" boat decorated with Christmas lights was taken in the Bay of Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil. "Jangada" is the name given to the local fishing boat that has become the State symbol. Fishermen earn extra money to support their families with these decorations over the holiday.

Gallery No. 7 โ ข Environment

Fernando Sรกnchez Cobo

Fernando Sรกnchez Cobo Name of the work: "Naturaleza atrapada I" (Entrapped Nature I) Country: Ecuador

Gallery No. 7 โ ข Environment

Fernando Sรกnchez Cobo

Fernando Sรกnchez Cobo Name of the work: "Naturaleza atrapada II" (Entrapped Nature II) Country: Ecuador

Gallery No. 7 â&#x20AC;˘ Environment

Francisco Javier Veloso

Francisco Javier Veloso Name of the work: "Simulacros" (Simulations) Country: Chile

Gallery No. 7 â&#x20AC;˘ Environment

Giovanni Saccheti

Giovanni Saccheti Name of the work: "El regreso de los obreros, La Boca" (The Return of The Workers, Harb Boca) Country: Argentina

Gallery No. 7 โ ข Environment

Jorge Reventรณs Muskus

Jorge Raventรณs Muskus Name of the work: "Modernidad" (Modernity) Country: Venezuela

Gallery No. 7 • Environment

José Santiago Hafford

José Santiago Hafford Name of the work: "Inundación" (Flood) Country: Argentina

Gallery No. 7 • Environment

Omaira Abadía Rey

Omaira Abadia Rey Name of the work: "Medio ambiente" (Environment) Country: Colombia

Gallery No. 7 â&#x20AC;˘ Environment

Michelle Marie Letelier Corral

Michelle Marie Letelier Corral Name of the work: "Hospital" (Hospital) Country: Chile

Gallery No. 7 â&#x20AC;˘ Environment

Marcos Fredes Cifuentes

Marcos Fredes Cifuentes Name of the work: "Medio ambiente" (Environment) Country: Chile

Gallery No. 7 â&#x20AC;˘ Environment

Tadeu Jungle

Tadeu Jungle Name of the work: "Cielo en la Tierra" (Heaven on Earth) Country: Brasil

Gallery No. 7 • Environment

Leonardo Barizzoni Martínez

Leonardo Barizzoni Martínez Name of the work: "Medio ambiente" (Environment) Country: Uruguay

Gallery No. 8 • Competitiveness

Gerardo Cháves Alonso Name of the work: "Competitividad" (Competitiveness) Country: Colombia This image was taken during the celebration of the Half Marathon in Bogota, Colombia in October, 2003. More than 28,000 runners participated, making it one of the most important national and international competitions. The photo captures the competitiveness shown by a physically challenged individual who demonstrates that in order to reach the finish line obstacles must be overcome.

Gallery No. 8 • Competitiveness

Marcelo Alejandro Ortíz González Marcelo Alejandro Ortiz González was born in Chile on November 18, 1966. He is a graphic designer, photographer and painter. During his childhood he studied in Venezuela, and in Chile, he attended the Arcis Universtiy in Santiago.

Marcelo Alejandro Ortíz González Name of the work: "Competitividad" (Competitiveness) Country: Chile Competition is an ingredient in modern society that does little to promote integration and dialogue. Competition widens the gap between those who have the means to get a good education and those who do not. In this image the two large shadows projected on the pavement appear to leave behind a third one that represents those who lack the resources and possibilities for development.

Gallery No. 9 • Tradition

Andrés Cánepa Blumenberg Andrés Canepa Blumenberg was born in Santiago, on January 21, 1962. He is a civil engineer specialized in structural engineering. He has been practicing photography for the last year and a half. In 2003 Agfa from Germany awarded him a Second Place to one of his works included in his website.

Andrés Cánepa Blumenberg Name of the work: "Pago de Mandas, Promesa" (Paying Back Promises) Country: Chile Paying promises to Our Lady of Mercy is a tradition in Chile. Each year, between December 7 and 8, more than 600 thousand people visit the temple in her honor. Many of them walk several days paying for a promise fulfilled. The woman in the photo, walking on her knees while carrying her small daughter on the back is one of them. She is being helped by the Civil Guard.

Gallery No. 9 • Tradition

Claudio Jorquera Aceituno Claudio León Jorquera Aceituna was born in Santiago, on February 8, 1951. He is an educator and vocational facilitator. He holds a degree in Educational Planning from the University of the Americas. He is amateur photographer and from time to time collaborates with the Chilena newspaper Maipu.

Claudio Jorquera Aceituno Name of the work: "Valparaíso" (Valparaíso Harbor) Country: Chile

Valparaíso is Chile´s main harbor. Commodities and tourists from all parts of the world enter Chile through it and the fruits of Chilean labor are exported from it. Aside this commercial activity, popular culture manifests itself in the boats with emblems and advertising that sail around the bay. They represent one of many facets of national identity.

Gallery No. 9 โ ข Tradition

Fernando Morales Aguirre Fernando Enrique Morales Aguirre was born in Santiago, on December 13, 1972. He studied photojournalism. He worked for six years at the newspaper La Naciรณn, and then for France Press and the AFP agency in Guatemala City. In 2001 one of his works was declared "Best of the month of February" by AFP and other was selected among the best of that year for NBC. He resides in Toronto, Canada.

Fernando Morales Aguirre Name of the work: "Caballo" (Horse) Country: Chile

Gallery No. 9 • Tradition

Miguel Hechenleitner Hidalgo Miguel Leonardo Hechenleiter Hidalgo was born on April 26, 1957. He has a masters in Fine Arts from the Catholic University in Santiago. He is also a professional photographer with 20 years of experience in commercial and educational areas. Since 2000 he has his own photo studio. He was chief of the editorial section of the editorial Gestion. He received first prize at the national photographic contest organized by the Chilean-French Chamber of Commerce, which allowed him the opportunity to specialize in commercial photography at the Image Center in Barcelona.

Miguel Hechenleitner Hidalgo Name of the work: "Compañeros de travesía" (Traveling Companions) Country: Chile

The few members of the Kawesgar tribe that inhabit the canals of the Chilean Patagonia have settled in Puerto Eden, a small village of only 120 people. The dog or Kiurro is for them a loyal companion that in the past was also useful to hunt and keep warm.

Gallery No. 9 â&#x20AC;˘ Tradition

Ricardo Sobol Ricardo A. Sobol was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1945. He started in photography in the early 1970s and since 1999 has been interested in digital photography. He has participated in group exhibitions in Latin America and Europe.

Ricardo Sobol Name of the work: "Tango" (Tango) Country: Argentina

Tango is the traditional dance from Argentina. It is known worldwide and, as the photo shows, there is never too late to dance it.

Gallery No. 9 โ ข Tradition

Daniel Machado Hernรกndez Name of the work: "Tradiciรณn" (Tradition) Country: Uruguay

A tradition among the Italian immigrants in Uruguay is making homemade pasta. In so doing, thousands of hands tell stories through water and dough.

Gallery No. 9 â&#x20AC;˘ Tradition

Francisco Javier Veloso

Francisco Javier Veloso Ferrari Name of the work: "Mujer Mapuche" (Mapuche Woman) Country: Chile

Gallery No. 10 â&#x20AC;˘ Modernity

Daniel Stoneck-Clogauer Daniel Stonek-Clogauer was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, on October 26, 1955, where he studied photography with a Uruguayan photo club. Since 1985 he has dedicated his efforts to portraiture and photography with social content. He established his own studio in 1993 when he received the Grand Prize at a contest organized by the Cooperativa Bancaria in Montevideo.

Daniel Stonek-Clogauer Name of the work: "Modernidad" (Modernity) Country: Uruguay

The recently built Telecommunications Tower, in Montevideo, Uruguay, contrasts with an old train utilized for city sightseeing.

Gallery No. 10 â&#x20AC;˘ Modernity

Jaime Aguilar Maya Jaime Aguilar Maya was born in Antioquia, Colombia in 1958, where he studied Social Communications. As a photographer he has participated in the XXXII and XXXV National Salons for Colombian Artists. He also produces video and documentaries.

Jaime Aguilar Maya Name of the work: "TranseĂşntes" (Passersby) Country: Colombia

Rural violence and the myth of modernity have quintupled urban populations in Colombia. Cities have become overpopulated, impersonal metropolises, instead of the old familiar places where people used to know each other.

Gallery No. 10 • Modernity

Marcos Benítez Marcos Benítez was born in Asunción, Paraguay, in 1973. He studied Communication Sciences at the Catholic University in Asunción, and has attended art workshops with Olga Blinder, Livio Abramo, Luis Felipe Noé, Nuno Ramos, José Resende, João Rossi and Oscar Manesi, as well as film and video workshops. He has exhibited individually and collectively, and has received the Henri Matisse prize (2000), the Young Creator Award (1998), and first prize at the La Nación newspaper Young Artists Salon (1996), all in Asunción.

Marcos Benítez Name of the work: "Metamorfosis" (Metamorphosis) Country: Paraguay

Gallery No. 10 • Modernity

María Alejandra Prieto Suárez Name of the work: "Wasilly" (Wasilly Chair) Country: Chile

The Wassily chair is an icon of the Bauhaus School of Design. It was conceived with the positivist spirit that favored mass production and low cost. Today the chair has become an elitist object sold in limited edition at a high price. This version built with slabs of beef transforms the chair into an awkward and contradictory object that emphasizes the fragility of most of the utopias proposed by modernity.

Gallery No. 10 â&#x20AC;˘ Modernity

Roberto Stephenson Roberto Stephenson was born in Italy, on May 12, 1964. He has lived in Syria, Jordan, United States, India and England, and currently resides in Port au Prince, Haiti. He studied engineering and graphic design, and has practiced photography for the last ten years, specializing in architecture. Today he is dedicated to commercial photography for local corporations. Many of his works have appeared in books and magazines. He has exhibited in Cuba, Norway, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, receiving a Gold Medal at the 2001 Biennial of Santo Domingo.

Roberto Stephenson Name of the work: "Mi ciudad I" (My City I) Country: HaitĂ

The image aims to show -through digital technology- the movement and dynamism of Port au Prince, Haiti. Sometimes the population shifts to a particular site, but soon the crowd disappears. What one sees now may not exist in the next few seconds.

Gallery No. 10 • Modernity

Roberto Stephenson Name of the work: "Mi ciudad II" (My City II) Country: Haití

The image aims to show —through digital technology— the movement and dynamism of Port au Prince, Haiti. Sometimes the population shifts to a particular site, but soon the crowd disappears. What one sees now may not exist in the next few seconds.

Gallery No. 10 • Modernity

Rocío Ortega Rocío Ortega was born in Uruguay, in 1973. She is a cultural promoter at the government´s Cultural Center in Asunción. She has developed a variety of interests and has been practicing photography for the last few years.

Rocío Ortega Name of the work: "Parque de diversiones" (Amusement Park) Country: Paraguay

The amusement park in this photograph is located in one of the shopping malls of the City of Asuncion, Paraguay. The park is attended by the middle class and suburban populations.

Gallery No. 10 โ ข Modernity

Santiago Vanegas Durรกn

Santiago Vanegas Durรกn Name of the work: "Modernidad II" (Modernity II) Country: Colombia

Gallery No. 10 â&#x20AC;˘ Modernity

Ronald Chung Ronald Cheng was born in Trinidad on February 16, 1972. He was initiated into photography at age twelve, and in a parallel fashion developed his drawings abilities. During his youth he worked at the family's photography business on the weekends until he was 18 years old, then he joined the University of West Indies to study construction techniques. He has continued learning about photography and is now specialized in the restoration of old and damaged photos.

Ronald Chung Name of the work: "Modernidad" (Modernity) Country: Trinidad y Tobago

The photo corresponds with the corner of Lord and Mucurapo Streets, in the San Fernando neighborhood of Trinidad and Tobago. This photo is a digital recreation of a 1950s snapshot. The place has not changed very much since then.

Gallery No. 11 • Technology

Cristina Flores Torres Cristina Minerva Flores Torres was born in Mexico on August 26, 1984. She studied architecture at the Nuevo León Autonomous University in Mexico, and is a self-taught digital photographer.

Cristina Flores Torres Name of the work: "Culturas en red" (Cultures in the Web) Country: México

The Internet is the cyberspace where cultures can be immediately accessed. The children's silhouettes serve as a metaphor for cultural interaction. While waves of communications cross the sky, the commands are sent from earth with a computer keyboard.