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The guerrilla fighters sent a Polaroid snapshot of their captive to his family as proof that he was still alive. This project begins with the search for this elusive photograph, but it reflects a process of rediscovery that transcends the event itself. It is a poetic exercise that speaks to our finitude and our contingent nature, exploring the legacy of the past as our only means of survival.
The absence of this iconic photograph sets in motion a performative visual essay that draws on the mechanisms of appropriation and collage to liberate autobiographical and documentary photography from their conventional frameworks. Co-published with the Musée de l’Elysée, with texts by Luis Carlos Tovar, Joan Fontcuberta, Lydia Dorner, Tatyana Franck, María Santoyo, and Cristina Lleras.
The book *Jardín de mi padre* by Colombian artist Luis Carlos Tovar draws inspiration from the concept of post-memory as an exercise in the imaginative reconstruction of lived experience—a form of therapy that spans generations, gives voice to what has been marginalized, and fosters new empathy for the past. —Joan Fontcuberta
Published by Editorial RM 2020
20 cm 28 cm, 240 pages, like new
ISBN
The guerrilla fighters sent a Polaroid snapshot of their captive to his family as proof that he was still alive. This project begins with the search for this elusive photograph, but it reflects a process of rediscovery that transcends the event itself. It is a poetic exercise that speaks to our finitude and our contingent nature, exploring the legacy of the past as our only means of survival.
The absence of this iconic photograph sets in motion a performative visual essay that draws on the mechanisms of appropriation and collage to liberate autobiographical and documentary photography from their conventional frameworks. Co-published with the Musée de l’Elysée, with texts by Luis Carlos Tovar, Joan Fontcuberta, Lydia Dorner, Tatyana Franck, María Santoyo, and Cristina Lleras.
The book *Jardín de mi padre* by Colombian artist Luis Carlos Tovar draws inspiration from the concept of post-memory as an exercise in the imaginative reconstruction of lived experience—a form of therapy that spans generations, gives voice to what has been marginalized, and fosters new empathy for the past. —Joan Fontcuberta
Published by Editorial RM 2020
20 cm 28 cm, 240 pages, like new
ISBN
