Luis González Palma
Luis González Palma (born 1957) is a Guatemalan photographer. Much of his work "has revolved around the strange hybrids of race and culture that add up to Latin America."
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- Name
- Luis González Palma
- Born
- 1957
- Birthplace
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Education
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Known for
- Photography, contemporary art
- Nationality
- Guatemala
- Languages
- Spanish
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Luis González Palma (born 1957) is a Guatemalan photographer. Much of his work "has revolved around the strange hybrids of race and culture that add up to Latin America."
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Luis González Palma (born 1957) is an artist, painter and photographer and a national of Guatemala. The artist was born in Guatemala City.
Languages used include Spanish. Works by Luis González Palma are held at Minneapolis Institute of Art, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and Photography Collection.
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• Name — Luis González Palma • Born — 1957 • Birthplace — Guatemala City, Guatemala • Education — Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala • Occupation — Photographer • Known for — Photography, contemporary art
Early life and education
Early life and education
Luis González Palma was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1957. He trained to be an architect at Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
Career
Career
González Palma began a career in photography and video. His first individual exhibition, Autoconfesion, was in 1989 at the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, and had a breakthrough at the Houston FotoFest in 1992. He contributed to the production of The Death and the Maiden in the Malmö Opera, 2008.
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1957
Luis González Palma born at Guatemala City.
Publications
• Il Silencio Dei Maya. Verona: Peliti, 1998.. • Luis González Palma: Poems of Sorrow. Santa Fe: Arena, 1999. With text by John Wood.. • Luis González Palma. Madrid: Fabrica, 2014..
Luis González Palma, famous Guatemalan photographer during FotoArtFestival in Bielsko-Biala, Poland, 2011
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Awards and recognition
González Palma was awarded the Gran Premio PHotoEspaña award in 1999 and exhibited his work in the 49th and 51st Venice Biennale.
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- 1.Hodgson, Francis. La Luz de la Mente, by Luis González Palma. 22 April 2018.
- 2.Interview with Luis González Palma, Photographer, PHotoEspaña. Aesthetica Magazine.
- 3.Luis González Palma: Juan, c. 1998. Weisman Art Museum.
- 4.Light and Darkness: Luis Gonzáles Palma. v1.zonezero.com.
- 5.Communications, Emmis. Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications. March 1992.
- 6.Exhibiciones. Luis Gonzales Palma.
- 7.Luis González Palma. LensCulture.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Becerril, Roxana. Latin American Artist Creates Stories with Photos and String. The Daily Aztec. 23 October 2019.
- Giraldo, Sol Astrid. Luis González Palma: The Body's Resistance. Panorama of the Americas.
- Loke, Margarett. Photography Review; Individuality and Poetry in Lives That May Be Short and Brutish. The New York Times. 29 May 1998. 0362-4331.
- McCabe, Jennifer. Hidden Histories in Latin American Art at the Phoenix Art Museum. Daily Serving. 24 June 2015.
- '1624' by Luis González Palma. Financial Times. 7 January 2013.
- Luis Gonzalez Palma Permanent Collection. North Dakota Museum of Art.
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Work by Luis González Palma is
Minneapolis Institute of Art, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and Photography Collection
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