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Auction Ends: Nov 30, 2012 11:00 PM MST

Art

"Chicawales, Jesus Maria, Mexico" photograph by UNM professor Miguel Gandert

Item Number
355
Estimated Value
1200 USD
Sold
200 USD to jessejac
Number of Bids
1  -  Bid History

Item Description

Chicawales, Jesus Maria, Mexico, Taken in 2009

 

Taken of the Feast of St. James in the village of Jesus Maria near Aguas Callientes, Mexico

Unframed, signed and dated, print size 17" x 22"

HP achival ink jet print on 420 gram baryta paper

Miguel says about his work:


I photographically document Indo-Hispano culture in the Rio Grande corridor and explore Mestizo cultural identity in the Southwest. These people do not fit any traditionally Western categories of culture.

Sample Publications:

  • Gandert, Miguel with Enrique R. Lamadrid (2003). Hermanitos Comanchitos: Indo-Hispano Rituals of Captivity and Redemption, University of New Mexico Press.
  • Gandert, Miguel (2000). Nuevo México Profundo: Rituals of an Indo-Hispano Homeland, Museum of New Mexico Press.
  • Gandert, Miguel (1996). The Pilgrimage to Chimayo: Contemporary Portrait of a Living Tradition, Editor/Photographer/Researcher, New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities.
  • Gandert, Miguel (1996). Upper Rio Grande Hispano Farms Study, Photographer/ Researcher, National Endowment for the Humanities.
  • Gandert, Miguel. "VSJ/Scenes from an Urban Chicano Experience," West Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue University, Exhibition.

Methods: Qualitative-photography and oral history. I like looking at cultures and letting them tell their stories.

 

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Donated By:

Miguel Gandert