CURRENT PROJECT
The focus of my current work is the Mexican female rodeo sport called Escaramuza, which belongs to Mexico's charro tradition.
The project was honored with two awards from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) at its 2011 international photograhy competition and a Mexican publisher will publish a book in 2012.
AWARDS
Sports photo story, 2nd place, NPPA 2011
Sports audio slide-show, 3rd place, NPPA 2011
EXHIBITS
The Escaramuza audio-slide show was exhibited at the "Arte En La Charreria" show at The Hubbard Museum of the American West in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico. July 1- Sept. 25, 2011
Eight photographs were exhibited as part of the Expofotoperiodismo 2011 at the Centro de Imagen in Mexico City. |
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"As a result of the escaramuza, the charro environment changed. Why? Because through the escaramuza, girls and women participated, which converted it into a very family oriented environment. Back then, 50 years back, it was an exclusively male environment and very few women, or almost none, participated. It was as if it were a men's club."
Arturo Ruiz Loredo
Founding member of the first escaramuza in 1953 |