Luis González Palma

Luis González Palma is a Guatemalan photographer. Much of his work "has revolved around the strange hybrids of race and culture that add up to Latin America."

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Early life and education

Luis González Palma was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1957. He trained to be an architect at Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.

Career

González Palma began a career in photography and video. His first individual exhibition, Autoconfesion, was in 1989 at the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, and had a breakthrough at the Houston FotoFest in 1992. He contributed to the production of The Death and the Maiden in the Malmö Opera, 2008.

Awards and recognition

González Palma was awarded the Gran Premio PHotoEspaña award in 1999 and exhibited his work in the 49th and 51st Venice Biennale.

Publications

Il Silencio Dei Maya. Verona: Peliti, 1998..Luis González Palma: Poems of Sorrow. Santa Fe: Arena, 1999. With text by John Wood..Luis González Palma. Madrid: Fabrica, 2014..