OFFER
LUIS ENRIQUE AGUILAR


ABSENTIA

DEMOLITION

THE EYE OF THE GLACIER

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YOU ARE
DIEGO MORENO

ABOUT THIS BOOK

To access and dialogue with the mystery that dwells within and outside of us, the key is OFFERING. 

This book was born out of a system of practices that has its origins in the native peoples of Mexico, and which have been systematised by "The Art of Living on Purpose". These practices have at the core of their worldview the relationship with the powers of nature and their aim is to navigate the unknown and the possibilities unexplored by human beings, who are limited by their personal history. 

 It is the practices of recapitulation, the burial of the warrior, confession and offering on which "OFRENDA" is built, an offering is a NIERIKA of the awakening of memory, to close and open cycles under the shelter of fire and the powers of nature. Photographer Luis Enrique Aguilar integrates photography into his personal practice to make his own offering, while inviting the viewer to ask questions and explore the idea of making his own practices in search of his other self. 
Through images and texts Diego Moreno narrates the complexity of his family history, one that is marked by disturbing cycles of domestic violence, machismo and attachment to the Catholic religion. This photobook, in the form of a family album, allows the author to construct a present to find his place in the world and reflect more deeply on the fragility and complexity of the human condition, and the hostile time in which we live. 

Huésped has been developed over six years, during which Diego has explored his own identity through an intense process of immersion in photography as a means of connecting with his family universe, creating and recreating scenes that allow us to enter into this complex fabric of relationships, while they are transformed into the same photographic act. Since the times of the Spanish Conquest, 

Chiapas has been a state of Mexico where diverse cultures coexist, where cultural and social contrasts are in constant tension. Mexico's border with Latin America, passage of undocumented immigrants, scene of the Zapatista struggle, place inhabited by indigenous peoples who keep alive the pre-Hispanic customs, the so-called "coletos" descendants of the Spanish, mestizos and foreigners, build an extremely complex social mosaic. 

LUIS ENRIQUE AGUILAR

Mexico City, Mexico, 1980. Studies at Escuela Activa de Fotografía, Seminario de Fotografía Contemporánea del Centro de la Imagen (2010). Participated in the I Encuentro Nacional de Investigación sobre Fotografía and the Instituto Internacional de Periodismo José Martí in Cuba. Group exhibitions in Mexico, United States, Colombia and Spain. Selected in the 14th Latin American Photography Competition in Colombia, the Seventh Puebla de los Angeles Biennial, the Third Biennial of Photography in Chiapas and the 15th Biennial of Photography at Centro de la imagen, honourable mention in the International Migrations and Borders competition in Spain, among others. Member of the photographers' collective Tagameluz in SCLC, Chiapas. Coordinated the project Gimnasio de Arte y Cultura Chiapas for five years. Currently directs the Chiapas photography platform MIRADOR. Recipient of a grant from program Jóvenes Creadores del FONCA (2014-2015) and participated in Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña (2016), tutor in 20 Fotógrafos MX organised by Foto Museo 4 Caminos and Colectivo Mas UNO Colombia, as well as teaching other courses and workshops. Organiser of the exhibition Indómito, Fotografía Contemporánea Chiapaneca and other exhibitions. 






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Size: 16 x 24.3 x 2 cm 
Number of pages: 84 
Offset printing  
Print run 500
Language: English and Spanish

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