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Ángeles Donoso Macaya

Ángeles, seated on a high stool in the center of the frame, is wearing a black shortsleeved shirt and dark jean shorts with a wide brown leather belt. She is wearing a leather bracelet and big rings, and her hands are clasped on her knee. Behind her is a white wall, a grey window frame, and a grey door.

Photo by Paz Errazuriz.

Ángeles Donoso Macaya is an immigrant professor, researcher and organizer based in New York City. She is Associate Professor of Spanish at BMCC/CUNY. Her research centers on Latin American photography theory and history, counter-archival production, human rights activism, and feminisms. She is the author of The Insubordination of Photography: Documentary Practices under Chile’s Dictatorship (2020), co-editor of Latina/os of the East Coast: A Critical Reader (2015). Ángeles has been involved in sanctuary work in NYC since 2017 and is also member of colectiva somoslacélula, which creates video-essays about pressing political issues.

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