Mexico, college of San Idelfonso hosts exhibition “Women of Letters”; portraits of Barry Dominguez

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*Exhibition brings emerging authors in contact with emblematic figures *Showcase the talent of women in literature is the mission of the exhibition *Exhibition commemorates the 50th anniversary of the death of Rosario Castellanos *Exhibition invites to know the work of 159 female writers

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00:00And in Mexico, an important photographic exhibition

00:02highlighting the presence of women

00:03in contemporary literature is being presented

00:05at the iconic College of San Ildefonso.

00:08Details with our correspondent, Antonio Aranda.

00:12The majestic College of San Ildefonso was the venue

00:15for the exhibition, Women of Letters,

00:17portraits by Berry Dominguez,

00:19which brings together 159 photographs

00:22that celebrate the legacy of various Mexican women writers.

00:26My interest in literature has led me to create this archive,

00:32which I have been doing for more than 30 years,

00:38and now we are in a historic moment with a woman president.

00:42The idea is for people to get to know more about it.

00:53The photographic exhibition seeks to connect

00:56emerging female authors with iconic figures

00:58of the 20th century, says the exhibition's author.

01:04One of the objectives I had from the beginning of this project

01:07was to make this exhibition for people to know

01:10the new generations of women writers

01:13and look for those who are not so well known.

01:21And one of the successes is that I wanted to intertwine

01:25in alphabetical order the consecrated and already known

01:28with the not so well known so that they come together

01:31with each other through my portraits in this exhibition

01:34that is a tribute.

01:41Showcasing the talent of women in Mexican literature

01:44is important in order to move away

01:46from the hegemonic male vision of literature.

01:51There is a great lineage of women writers in our country

01:57and it is very exciting to see the faces of all of them

02:01in the atmosphere that the photographer created

02:04with each one of these women in this exhibition.

02:10Today, women have more opportunities

02:12to disseminate their work and stand out.

02:16I think it is important that nowadays

02:18there are spaces like this, like museums where anyone can enter

02:25and know that women artists are producing work

02:27and that they have been producing not just recently

02:30but for many years.

02:34This exhibition brings together portraits

02:36of women who were born in the 20th century.

02:43The exhibition Women of Letters also commemorates

02:46the 50th anniversary of the death of the Mexican writer

02:49and diplomat Rosario Castellanos.

02:53The exhibition of the photographer Barry Dominguez

02:56invites to know the work of 159 women writers who

02:59have forged the literature of the 20th century

03:01in Mexico and Latin America.

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