It was showcased at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles during the Radical Women in Latin American Art exhibit in Winter of 2017.
Purit a (later infiltrated as a terrorist) is one who questions, one who challenges and defies: Her energy, like that of a caged feline was palpable, and could be felt thumping about the enormity of the house.
During The United States’ invasion of Panamá, Romi decided to grab a hunting rifle, which she found in my brother's closet.
I of course understood that I could not accomplish this alone, but eventually, winning their trust, they revealed themselves to me willingly, allowing their auras to repose in my lens.
It was in this way the protagonist of this story revealed themselves to me: Josefa, a healer of the "evil eye," locally known as a "curandera"; Palanca, who only seemed to find solace in the arms of his grandmother, Ventura; Putulungo, the octopus fisherman, who much like his prey could instantly change his interior from light to dark; Dulce, a little girl light in years, but possessing all the wisdom and tenacity of her cimarrón ancestors; Catalina, Queen of the Congos.
Her work has been reviewed in: Canto a la Realidad, Ediciones Lunwerg, Madrid; Dictionaire Mondiale de la Photographie, Ediciones Larousse, Paris; A History of Women Photographers, Noami Rosenblum, Abbeville Press, Estados Unidos; Our Mothers, Portraits by 72 Women Photographers, edited by Vivian Esders y el libro LOVE, Harpers Collins, New York.4