From the artists that we have learned about thus far, Delilah Montoya's photographic work really spoke to me, especially her series titled La Llorona in Lillith's Garden. I really enjoy how she employs traditional indigenous elements, Mexican stories and myths in a contemporary and romantic fashion. Unlike our typical notion of La llorona, who's supposedly horrid and terrifying, Montoya's llorona is represented in a very serene, almost whimsical. La llorona seems to be simultaneously a part of the natural surroundings, as well as in conflict with them.  The process of staging and posing her subjects seems to be very important to her, meaning that everything in a given piece is meant to be there, whether its for aesthetic reasons or something deeper. The natural setting and dark, twisting branches of the trees create a world of their own in a really surreal manner. Her compositions and content challenge common and narrow assumptions about gender, identity, race, class, and an intersectionality of many more topics. I'm also obsessed with her series of Guadalupe tattoos because like a lot of her work, it intertwines iconographic imagery and objects that reinforce honest history and tradition, therefore serve to empower the community. Her works have a very strong elements of hope, empowerment, and remembrance of her roots.