Koral Carballo (born in Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico, 1987) is a documentary photographer, photojournalist, and visual artist based in Mexico. Through photography, oral storytelling, and the archive Carballo investigates new narratives and visual representations of themes that intersect in the contemporary and historical context, such as necropolitical violence, Afro-descendence, and its relationship to memory. Carballo has exhibited her work in Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, The United States, and Uruguay. Koral is co-founder of the International Festival of Journalistic and Documentary Photography Mirar Distinto in Veracruz, Mexico. She is currently collaborates with Ruda Collective, and is an Artist from the National System in Mexico.
The sixth Annual Leica Women Foto Project Award, themed Unity Through Diversity, recognizes outstanding female photographers who explore human connection in divisive times through compelling visual storytelling.
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Mystery Of the Disguised is a visual exploration of the construction of an imaginary with the oral story of a town in Veracruz called Coyolillo, an Afro-Mexican community in the south of Mexico—reframing their history to one of freedom.
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