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Cholita tenias que ser

At La Cumbre in La Paz (4,800 meters above sea level), Nathaly, 2 years old, represents the cultural and iconic strength of the Bolivian Chola's clothing and identity. Very sure of her presence, she looked directly into the lens. At that moment, I could feel her essence and that of the Chola.

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Color Photography Contest

2025

Honorable Mention

Portrait

Professional

Cholita tenias que ser

At La Cumbre in La Paz (4,800 meters above sea level), Nathaly, 2 years old, represents the cultural and iconic strength of the Bolivian Chola's clothing and identity. Very sure of her presence, she looked directly into the lens. At that moment, I could feel her essence and that of the Chola.

About Artist

Sara Aliaga Ticona

Sara Aliaga Ticona is a Bolivian social communicator, photojournalist, and Aymara visual artist. As a photographer and visual storyteller, she conceives photography as a social instrument of identity reconquest. The fundamental axes of her visual research converge around gender and identity, human rights, and the climate crisis, and its impact on indigenous peoples. Her work is built around symbolic, conceptual, and documentary narratives with which she seeks to generate reflective discourses to create a conscious and ethical visual collective memory that dignifies themes that are transversal to her reality as a woman and as a photographer.

Sara Aliaga Ticona

Photographic Areas of Focus

Abstract, Alternative Process, Fine Art, Landscapes, Nature, People, Photojournalism, Portrait

Location

Bolivia

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