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PHOTOGRAPHS BY LUISA DÖRR
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By Whitney Johnson, Director of Visual and Immersive Experiences
“These girls are a symbol for Bolivian people,” said photographer Luisa Dörr. “A resistance, an inspiration for girls of any other country.”
Last year, Luisa spent two weeks documenting the young women of ImillaSkate, a group of Bolivian skateboarders who wear the traditional polleras, outfits of Indigenous Aymara and Quechua women. (Pictured above, boarder Deysi Tacuri López.)
The young women make a statement and so do Luisa’s photographs. They’re filled with the energy of skateboarders in motion—high-top Vans mixing with the traditional hats and a riot of color. By doing so, they transform outfits that were often seen as objects of discrimination into points of pride.
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