Photo Tour of Columbia with Luz Elena Castro
Luz Elena Castro, an International Photojournalist will lead a photo tour back to her homeland of Colombia. Yes, Colombia was a country of conflict and cartels, but that is now in the rear view mirror. But those lost years are a clear benefit as Ms. Castro shares her country with you through an unusually authentic photographic and cultural experience: Colombia Today – The Undiscovered Charms. While Colombia has now reconnected with the rest of the world, it has maintained its unique mix of colonial, afro and Indio influences.
Luz Elena Castro was born and educated in Colombia and began her career in the late 1970’s. She has worked as a staff and freelance photojournalist, an instructor of photography at a Colombian university and as the personal photographer of Cesar Gaviria during his political campaign and his presidency of Colombia – an extremely prestigious appointment. Throughout Luz Elena’s career her images have been shown at important galleries in Colombia, the U.S. and in Europe. She has been living and working in California since 1996, where she has undertaken numerous photography projects, particularly regarding social issues and the Latino community, which have been published and exhibited.
It is hard to imagine a better guide for photographers who wish to discover the myriad of photographic and cultural opportunities of Colombia as it exists today. Luz’s passion for her homeland, its beauty, color, history, hot Latin pulse and pre Columbian mysticism burns bright and hot. She takes absolute delight in exposing guests to all of them. Being thoroughly bi-cultural Luz Elena has an uncanny ability to deliver all things Colombian to a North American group in very meaningful ways. From a photographic point of view she is best known for her ability to capture exceptional emotion through her lens letting ordinary moments speak in extraordinary ways.
Colombia will soon see many tourists, but we are there now. Experience and photograph a culture that has been moving along to its own beat, literally and figuratively, for hundreds of years.
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Best regards.
Teri Goldstein