Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Ingrid Hernández


Ingrid Hernández is a young Tijuanense photographer who speaks carefully and works in earnest. The main characteristics of her city as she sees it inspired her work. She sees her city as in a state of flux and conflict. Out of these two, have risen the unincorporated colonias, the neighborhoods that have sprouted up around Tijuana, built by people who have arrived in Tijuana with nothing.
She focused mainly in Nueva Esperanza, inspired by the homes built by their owners. She is drawn to the creativity in using objects in new ways, refrigerator doors as walls, for example, and by the mix of Mexican cultures present in the same neighborhood.
She rarely photographs people, instead revealing them through their homes and surroundings. In her photo essay, Tijuana Comprimida, Hernández captures the neighborhood that she has come to know over her year of work there. The essay reveals much about the inhabitants without ever presenting them; in frame after frame it feels as if a person is there, just out of the reach of the frame, and I begin to want to be welcomed in to the community . Hernández has done her work well: in these forgotten and traditionally undesirable neighborhoods of Tijuana, she has made access to them desirable by personalizing them. 
To see her work, visit her website,http://www.ingridhernandez.com.mx/ 

1 comment:

  1. The work of Ingrid Hernandez And Jorge Sanchez Jofras, currently two of the most promising upcoming photography artists from Tijuana.The exhibition Title is “Landscape, Shape and Place” and is taking place at La Caja Gallery, a small and beautiful art gallery in the middle of Tijuana,

    click to read more:

    http://www.juliomromero.com/2011/01/20/ingrid-hernandez-jorge-sanchez-jofras-at-la-caja-gallery-tijuana/

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