Cover Art

Animas Anónimas [Anonymous Souls], 1994.
Double exposure. Lucía Chiriboga Vega (Ecuador).
Lucía Chiriboga Vega was born in Quito, Ecuador, in 1954. Chiriboga is a sociologist, a photographer, and a researcher on the history of photography. She has exhibited her photographic work and collections of historical images in several Latin American countries, China, and Denmark. Her publications include Retrato de la Amazonía, Ecuador, and Identidades Desnudas: La Temprana Fotografía del Indio de los Andes. Chiriboga's work is included in the collection of the World Bank Art Program, which makes particular efforts to identify artists from developing nations and to make their work available to a wider audience.

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