Luis Delgado Qualtrough
(Mexico and United States)
Enigma 02A Hand, 2003
Digital Print, Artist Proof

$800

Signed on front

The print was given to FotoFest by the artist.

Luis Delgado Qualtrough, a became a photographer in Mexico, where he grew up. He began his work documenting folk mores and customs, as well as pre-Columbian artifacts. Currently, he is exploring different aspects of visual narrative with an emphasis on iconography and gesture. He creates photography-based prints, books, and installations with history and societal systems as the theme, specifically the concept of the hero and the anti-hero. He uses a visual language of icons and gestures assembled into compound images to create narratives that address these concepts. In addition to exhibiting at FOTOFEST2006, Delgado has exhibited at La Casa Del Libro, San Francisco; Odense Foto Triennial, Odense, Denmark; International Photography Gathering, Aleppo, Syria; Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland; SF Camerawork, San Francisco; and Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon. He has been published widely in Europe, Latin America, and the United States, including Photo District News, SF Camerawork Journal, Photo Metro, Afterimage, and the San Francisco Chronicle. His photographs have been featured in several books and exhibition catalogues, including Latin American Photography II (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Lehigh University, 2006), and Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California (San Francisco, The Friends of Photography Ansel Adams Center, 2001).