From the Rural Community to the City - work in progress by Refugia Guzman Perez from CPP

The importance of this project is to make a contribution to the history of Mexico, to represent our Chol culture through photographs. It is a research project about Chol families that show the richness of their culture. It will show to the world outside that the Chol culture is not left behind but rather that it has secured and achieved better aspirations. It is as important as the other Chiapas cultures and has very many riches such as its language, history, land, customs, moral values and much more. The Archivo Fotográfico Indígena provides indigenous peoples the opportunity to speak of their experience as part of the culture of Chiapas and Mexico. My objectives in this exhibition are to have opportunities to participate in more exhibitions and publications; to raise donations to continue the collection of photographs of the cultures of Chiapas being done by the AFI; and to find a grant to realize the work I have in progress, that speaks about my own Ch'ol culture. Refugia Guzman Perez