Mariceu Erthal, “Self-Portrait”, 2020
Mariceu Erthal, “Self-Portrait”, 2020
Self-portrait in my mother's garden in my days of confinement, Querétaro, México.
The pandemic has brought with it economic problems and has affirmed social destructuring, however, if we also look at it from another perspective, it has allowed us a moment to rethink our lifestyle. "Journey within" is a path that I start in my room, in the anxieties of confinement and its antidote; the projection of nature in my inner space.
Mariceu Erthal is a photographer born and based in Mexico. She uses documentary photography as a bridge to reflect and question humanitarian issues across the Latin American territory. Her work combines image-making and writing to reflect on social and political issues, coming from an autobiographical background.
Using the process of self-exploration and empathy as reflexive tools, she seeks to link the image with a process that arises from reflecting upon and feeling the stories that she photographs.
Erthal’s work has been published in The Guardian, Bloomberg, and Witness (World Press Photo), among others. She was a W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund grant recipient in 2020. Erthal was selected by World Press Photo’s 6x6 Global Talent Program (2019), and is one of the winners of the Women Photograph Workshop Portfolio Review (Ecuador, 2019).