Fabiola Ferrero, The Blue Side of Fire
In her “The Blue Side of Fire” project, which she began in 2015, the Venezuelan photographer (born 1991) takes an indirect approach to exploring the progressive decline of her once prosperous homeland. She contrasts the current crisis with the beauty and magic of the country, as well as quiet poetic moments from the everyday lives of its citizens.
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15 Images
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A bird flies over Margarita Island; Venezuela, July 16, 2015.
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My grandmother’s bed, inside our beach house, with wasps on it; Miranda, September 1, 2019.
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A self portrait at the beach; Machurucuto, Miranda, August 31, 2019.
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A handful of oil at Lake Maracaibo; January 9, 2018.
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A man rows in Lake Maracaibo; August 26, 2019. Lake Maracaibo has had an oil spill for over a decade.
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Two girls play with a scarf at the Guajira Desert, on the Venezuelan border with Colombia; February 26, 2017.
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Kids play on top of abandoned oil structures; Zulia, Lake Maracaibo, August 27, 2019.
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Sofía is seen playing outside her home in Ciudad Bolívar; January 16, 2020.
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A man shoots in commemoration of his dead relatives, during a Wayuu celebration at the Guajira Desert; February 26, 2017.
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An abandoned theme park is seen in Maracaibo, once the richest city in the country; August 25, 2019.
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A view of Los Roques Island, with my parents, before they left the country in 2016; August 25, 2015.
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A man collects coffee in Portuguesa; November 10, 2017.
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People gather around graves for an indigenous Wayuu ritual to celebrate the “second burial” of their ancestors; Guajira desert, February 25, 2017.
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In the Guajira Desert, at the Venezuelan border with Colombia; February 25, 2017.
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Birds fly over Turén; Portuguesa, November 10, 2017.
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