Chile Primavera 2019
Chile Primavera 2019
Chile Primavera 2019 by Luis Weinstein
Photographs: Luis Weinstein
Edition: 50 copies
Concept: Luis Weinstein & Leandro Villaro
48 pages | 42 photographs
Risograph printed | Hand sewn
Size: 9 x 12 inches
New York City, August, 2020
Shipping, September 2020
CHILE PRIMAVERA 2019 (CHILE SPRING 2019) by LUIS WEINSTEIN
In the book Chile Primavera 2019, photographer Luis Weinstein offers a personal vision of the events that shook the streets and government of the country for months before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. With a circular structure, similar to Koen Wessing’s seminal photobook Chile September 1973, the popular Plaza Italia in Santiago functions as the point of departure and arrival for this unique look at a divided city – and country – that continues to push for change.
“En 2019 la primavera nos sacudió, como un rayo, en mi país. Quedamos en un punto ciego del futuro. Navegamos todos en aguas turbulentas y estamos en la crecida, hecha de capas y corrientes diferentes. Pulsos diversos se acumulan unos sobre otros. Los relatos en este territorio se vuelven complejos, también nuestras percepciones.” Luis Weinstein, February 2020.
Photographs: Luis Weinstein
Edition: 100 copies
Concept: Luis Weinstein & Leandro Villaro
48 pages | 42 photographs
Risograph printed | Hand sewn
Size: 9 x 12 inches
New York City, August, 2020
Shipping, September 2020
Luis Weinstein (Santiago, Chile, 1957) is a photographer, teacher, cultural agent, curator, journalist and television presenter. He was the producer of the Chilean photography festivals FotoAmérica and FiFV (Festival Internacional de Fotografía de Valparaíso). Weinstein is a member of the AFI collective (Asociación de Fotógrafos Independientes) and was its president in 1983. He has produced, in Chile, the exhibitions of photographers Robert Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, and Sergio Larrain. Weinstein has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions and published eight photography books: Luis Weinstein (Ediciones económicas de Fotografía Chilena,1983); Panamericana 5 Sur (Fundación de Bellas Artes, 2005); Breve Historia Natural (2008); Aritmética Americana (CenFoto, 2012); Esto ha sido (2014); Se vende ilusiones (CenFoto, 2016); Apuntes del Edén (CenFoto, 2017) and Toque de queda (CenFoto, 2018).