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...allowed me to succeed and placed me competitively alongside many of my colleagues. Placing hopes on any particular college is not a bad thing, but concentrating on what is to be learned is the main goal. Shouldn't we teach our children that hard work does pay off? Andres Munera, PANAMA CITY...
...Munera uses irony and symbolism to convey specific ideas to his viewer. In “Circus Tent,” another photograph taken in the slums of Bogota, a small, dilapidated tent that reads “Bienvenido al Circo” in faded red letters gapes open, revealing the humble iron bed frame that someone calls home. Munera’s portrait titled, “Destiny Stone” shows a bright-eyed boy peering through a hole in a boulder...
Falconi pointed out in his gallery talk on Wednesday that Munera does not erase himself from the picture. Instead, every picture presents a portrait that arises from a negotiation between photographer and subject. Because merely carrying a camera can be risky business in Colombia and Munera’s interest is in capturing people as they are, he often sets up private studios where his subjects can feel at ease...
When asked what reaction his camera receives in Colombia, Munera replied that at first, it is met with great joy. The photographer says he observes that people are eager to see themselves as they really are, just as he is interested in portraying Colombia as it really exists. He believes that the desire to know what we look like will encourage Colombians to identify one another as brothers, and to come together under more than a flag and a government...
...Portraits of an Invisible Country” Munera is able to capture individual and collective identities that deliver a realistic but hopeful message to his viewer...