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Bronx Documentary Center reopens Latin American photography festival, highlights 'Football Without Borders'
Summary
The Bronx Documentary Center's 9th Latin American Photography Festival runs July 9—26 with indoor gallery shows and outdoor installations in Melrose; photographer Chao Viela discusses his Football Without Borders project and festival talks and a block party are scheduled.
The Bronx Documentary Center opened the 9th Latin American Photography Festival with indoor exhibitions and outdoor installations across the Melrose neighborhood, festival staff told BronxNet.
Alexa Pacheco, exhibition assistant at the center, said the festival runs July 9 through July 26, opens with a block party and includes three photo talks: Alicia Vera (Mexico) on July 11, Matthias Delacroix (Venezuela) on July 13 and Christian Ochoa later in July. The outdoor installations are sited in Melrose while gallery shows occupy BronxDoc's indoor spaces.
Photographer Chao Viela, whose longterm project Football Without Borders is part of the festival, described his work documenting street football since 2003 and said the images prioritize everyday play and community: "I want to see barefoot kids bringing anarchy to public spaces with a round object," he said, summarizing the human focus of his series.
Pacheco said the festival showcases resilience, identity and social change across Latin America and the Caribbean, and that many projects are long-term documentary efforts and large-scale neighborhood installations. For more information and schedules, organizers directed visitors to bronxdoc.org.
The festival will also present neighborhood-oriented programming intended to let Melrose residents "see themselves on the wall," Pacheco said, noting a specific project documenting the countryside of the Dominican Republic that resonates with local Dominican neighbors.
