Thursday, April 26, 2018

Photographer Laura Aguilar, 58

"[Her] powerful, quietly beautiful photographs explored the lived realities of members of various marginalized groups, including women, lesbians, Latinas, the working class, overweight people, and those with learning disabilities." (She was especially known for her nude self-portraits taken in desert landscapes.) "Long under-recognized by mainstream institutions, her work had a sudden resurgence in popularity last year thanks to her traveling retrospective and the inclusion of her work in several group exhibitions across the Pacific Standard Time program."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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