{"id":1367,"date":"2017-01-16T15:39:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T22:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2017-01-17T08:03:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T15:03:43","slug":"our-oaxaca-nuestra-oaxaca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=1367","title":{"rendered":"Our Oaxaca \/ Nuestra Oaxaca: An Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"OAXACA, Mexico \u2013 The late documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark <\/a>had a 20-year love affair with Oaxaca, an affection she demonstrated in the many indelible images she made here of children<\/a>, animals and regional rituals, but also in the passion she imparted and instilled<\/strong> in the hundreds of amateur and professionals who attended her biannual workshops<\/a> here.<\/p>\n

After Mary Ellen died <\/a>in the spring of 2015, several of us who have become friends through knowing her and working with her in Oaxaca decided to return to Mexico together each year to honor Mary Ellen<\/strong> and continue the projects she had helped us shape.<\/p>\n

Knowing of our desire to keep Mary Ellen\u2019s Oaxaca spirit alive, the Centro Fotogr\u00e1fico Manuel \u00c1lvarez Bravo<\/a> (where Mary Ellen had convened her workshops) invited seven of us to show our images from Oaxaca. It was a bittersweet invitation<\/strong> \u2013 on the one hand an honor to participate in an exhibition at \u00c1lvarez Bravo, on the other another reminder of how much each of us miss Mary Ellen, as a teacher, as an editor, as a friend.<\/p>\n

After much planning by the staff of \u00c1lvarez Bravo (and much patience and tolerance by its director, Adriana Ch\u00e1vez, for our lack of understanding of the metric system<\/strong> and constant mangling of the Spanish language), the show opens this Friday, Jan. 20, and will feature photographs by Bj\u00f6rn \u00c1rnason<\/a> (Iceland); Ina Bernstein, Chae Kihn<\/a> and Jody Watkins (New York); and Lori Barra, James Carbone<\/a> and me<\/a> (California).<\/p>\n

The evening of the opening<\/a> there will be a reception at 7 p.m. (I will be there and I hope my friends in Oaxaca can come.) On Feb. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. \u00c1lvarez Bravo will graciously host an event with all seven us.<\/p>\n

Below, in English and in Spanish, is the introductory text to the exhibit<\/strong>, as well as a gallery of the photos I have in the show.<\/p>\n