[Bio c. 2010] Juan Orrantia (B. Bogotá, Colombia. 1975) is a photographer and anthropologist. Conceptually his work is based on a notion of photography that relies on the poetic and the evocative as forms of narration of social realities. Drawing on contemporary ethnographic practice and cultural theory, his work explores the emotive qualities of the mundane as ways by which to unsettle representations, but still communicate ordinary social conditions that many ignore. He has exhibited in Colombia, South Africa and the UK, on topics such as the aftermath of terror, the residues of war and colonialism (www.issuu.com/juanorrantia/docs/residuesmozambique) as well as migration. He was recently awarded the Tierney Foundation Fellowship for photography.
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| Role | Project |
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| Artist | Ethnographic Terminalia: New Orleans |