Luis González Palma

Luis González Palma (born 1957) is a Guatemalan photographer. Much of his work "has revolved around the strange hybrids of race and culture that add up to Latin America."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early life and education

Luis González Palma was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1957. He trained to be an architect<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> at Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.<ref name="Weisman">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

González Palma began a career in photography and video.<ref name="ZoneZero">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Exhibiciones">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He contributed to the production of The Death and the Maiden in the Malmö Opera, 2008.<ref name="LensCulture">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref name="Exhibiciones" />

Publications

• Il Silencio Dei Maya. Verona: Peliti, 1998. Template:ISBN.<ref name="LensCulture" />
• Luis González Palma: Poems of Sorrow. Santa Fe: Arena, 1999. With text by John Wood. Template:ISBN.<ref name="LensCulture" />
• Luis González Palma. Madrid: Fabrica, 2014. Template:ISBN.<ref name="LensCulture" />

Further reading

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External links

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