Negative Originals

In Negative Originals, Juanita Solano Roa explores race and identity through photographic practices in late nineteenth-century Medellin, Colombia. Focusing on the photographic studios of Fotografia Rodriguez and Benjamin de la Calle, Solano Roa examines the visual construction and dissemination of racial ideologies and the linkage of race to progress. She studies both positive and negative prints ...