User:Sunflowerpot/Koral Carballo

Koral Carballo (1987) is known for being a Photojournalist, Documentary photographer, and Visual Artist. Carballo is known for her photography of Afro-Mexican identity, violence, and territory.

Koral Carballo was born in Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico i n 1987. She attended the private non-profit school of journalism at the Autonomous Popular University of Puebla. She initiated her professional career as a community photojournalist in 2009. In 2014, she transitioned into personal projects surrounding her personal identity. In 2014, she co-founded and currently co-produces the International Festival of Journalistic and Documentary Photography Mirar Distinto in Mexico with a group of photojournalists from Veracruz. Carballo is most known for her project “We Were Always Here”, which has been ongoing since 2017, that focuses on Afro-descendants in Veracruz, Mexico. She contributes to discovering the field of visual narratives in regard to identity, violence, and territory via journalism, visual arts, and documentary. Her work also emphasizes on post-colonial identity, anti-patriarchal, and her own life and history.

Notable Works


 * She has participated in many projects both individual and collaborative, but one of her most notable works is “Postales del Encierro”, which won her first place at the Anglo-Mexican Foundation’s photography competition. As her prize, she got to attend the summer exchange program at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
 * “Mystery of the Disguised” is a photo series by Koral Carballo. The series aims to represent the oral history of Coyodillo. Coyodillo is an Afro-Mexican community in Veracruz, Mexico. The town was founded by sugar cane harvesting slaves from Congo and Angola. The series includes twelve different photographs by Carballo capturing a celebration of freedom that is organized yearly in Coyodillo.


 * “We Were Always Here” is an ongoing series of photographs that is representative of the mestizaje in Mexico. Her afro-mestiza roots played a crucial role in suspiring the series.

References
 * 1) http://www.koralcarballo.com/about
 * 2) https://www.iwmf.org/community/koral-carballo/
 * 3) https://amlatina.contemporaryand.com/editorial/koral-carballo-mexico/
 * 4) hydra.lat/collections/koral-carballo
 * 5) phmuseum.com/projects/mystery-of-the-disguised
 * 6) www.koralcarballo.com/we-were-always-here