Sarai Ojeda is a Mexican born photographer and sculptor from Veracruz. She graduated from the Contemporary Photography Seminar of the Image Center in 2014, and received a Master Degree of Art from the Autonomous University of Morelos. Her projects explore the many manifestations and consequences of the violence that plagues Veracruz and many other regions of Mexico. Her 2018 photobook, Donde No Puedas Verme, was presented at the Paris Photo, Policopies, and Unseen festivals. This project uses altered family photos and photographs of the interior of her mother’s house and her childhood home to create an eerie visual story about childhood memories, femininity and its roles in Mexican culture, the construction of identity, and family relationships. Images of porcelain babies and angelic figures, common decorations in Mexico, are framed in somber images, as the space inside the home is shown as dark and foreboding.
Family portraits are also altered, covering the identity of some children and all male figures, touching themes of identity and the effects of our environments on it. Other projects like Fragil (2010) explore similar themes of identity and femininity through the use of nude self portraits that create a dialogue around femininity and its perception through the use of daguerreotypes and constant nature motifs. Ojeda’s exploration of violence in Mexico and the way it affects the day to day and identity of its citizens are not unique, in fact, Enrique Metinides, one of the most known and prolific Mexican photographers and photojournalists began his career as a young child photographing violent car crashes in Mexico City. But Ojeda’s subtle approach and her focus on the psychological and intrafamilial effects of this violence distinguish her from her contemporaries and other Mexican photographers.
References
“La Artista como modelo” by Leticia Mora Perdomo https://cdigital.uv.mx/bitstream/handle/123456789/33205/132010-pag-48-51.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Artist’s website
https://www.saraiojeda.com/imagenes
Foto feminas article
https://foto-feminas.com/portfolio/sarai-ojeda/
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