Errázuriz documented marginalized communities such as sex workers, psychiatric patients, and circus performers during the military dictatorship of Chile.
"[3] She was a teacher at a primary school when Augusto Pinochet overtook Chile's Presidential Palace in 1973, inspiring her to begin her photography career.
[5] Originally titled the "Asociación de Fotógrafos Independientes," she helped create the AFI in 1981 to make it easier for artists in Chile to find legal support and organize group art shows.
[8] She was a primary school teacher at the time when she started her photography, and was slowly taking pictures "under the radar."
[9] Also known as La Manzana de Adán, Adam's apple is a collection of photographs taken from 1982 through 1987 and depicts transgender women prostitutes working in brothels located in Santiago and Talca, Chile.
[11] Many of the people who were photographed in this collection feared for their life, as gender variance and homosexuality were deemed particularly unacceptable and shameful during this time in Chilean history.
She captured photos of lower class status citizens in Chilean society during this distressful period in history.
[17] Physically taking pictures with a camera was a symbolic statement for standing up against the military regime during this time.