Caption

Tanivet, Oaxaca, Mexico, Virtually all the men in this small village have left for the United States to find work. The women who remain have formed an artist coooperative, embroidering the story of their separation. They call themselves Las Hormigas Bordadoras de Tanivet (embroidering ants) . A section of a large embroidery shows a woman praying: God watch over my son who is in the North, Central America

Date

Feb 17, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK24G49_262

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86,1Mb (10,5Mb) / 22,4in x 14,9in / 6720 x 4480 (300dpi)

Keywords

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