Monica Lozano
Monica’s work is an homage to the courage of migrants, and those whose everyday lived experiences are profoundly impacted by the border. She’s been widely recognized across the world for her photographic work that roots itself to the imposed border of her hometown Juárez, and to other borders globally. While her subjects are often abstracted or dehumanized in dominant political and social discourse, she shows their depth and undeniable presence, providing them with the space to breathe life into each unique viewer.
Whether it’s her gut-wrenching Borders series, where she shows the extreme ways migrants have crossed borders, or her Inside Out series that tells the stories of hundreds of common juarenses whose realities most folks living within the comfortable boundaries of the United States have not yet even begun to consider, Monica has a unique ability to present plain compositions that allow the viewer to fill in complexities and nuance, linking one image to the next in a way that assembles fuller truths. To see more of Monica’s work, check out her website here.
On Monica, in her own words: “Monica Lozano is a Mexican-American photographer born in El Paso Texas and raised across the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Lozano received her Masters Degree in Photography in Madrid Spain. Her work has been selected for various international photo competitions and grants. In 2011 Lozano finished the Photo Global residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York on a presidential scholarship. Lozano’s elegant and socially charged portraits have been exhibited in Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Seoul, Indonesia, Portugal, Tunis, Chile, Greece, Morocco, Mexico and the United States. Her work has been featured under the “One To Watch” article in American Photo Magazine and Columbia Journalism Review selected her for the “20 Women to Watch” list. In 2011 she collaborated with the TED Award winner JR and his Inside Out Project in Mexico where she coordinated and organized a massive action around the world called “Be The Change”, she was also featured in the Inside Out Movie at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Lozano’s work was selected for the opening exhibition of Latin America’s first museum dedicated to photography and image founded by the Pedro Meyer Foundation in Mexico City. Currently Lozano is living in the border of Mexico and USA, teaching young students in different Universities about photography and art as a way to transcend borders.”
Below is a segment of Monica’s Borders series:
