Frontera By Pablo Lopez Luz: A Cultural Analysis

Culture is best defined as an information-based system, involving both knowledge and praxis that allows people to live together and satisfy each other’s need. Our community is filled with various different cultures, which underlies what we perceive, what we think about the people and events surrounding us, and how we interpret and understand those people and events. Hatred and anger towards these topics, race and culture, continues to be an everlasting problem we have throughout the world. Many people have formed preconceived notions towards others with having little to no understanding of their upbringing. Instead of being so quick to judgment we must always educate ourselves about the subject.

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In his series entitled “Frontera” taken in the year 2015, he dissects urban landscapes, and documents the border dividing Mexico and the United States. The photography that was displayed was taken from a bird’s-eye-view showing the San Diego County- Tijuana Border. The man-made border appears as a scar across the topography of the region, causing us to contemplate on the effects of the artificial geography. The geography of the land is unbalanced due the works of mankind. The land is separated into two parts, with a border separating Mexico and the United States. Pablo Lopez Luz chose to stray away from the often-pictured evidence of violence, drugs and socio-economic disparity, and instead focused on the landscape itself. In a way his artwork highlighted where we are at in our society, and stresses how a change must be

His phtographs that were on display were named, “Untitled” and “DC”, both taken on December 12, 2014. In Frederico’s artwork “Untitled” he uses the visual elements of light and shadow by singling out one man in a poncho holding a painting of the Lady of Guadalupe, who was surrounded by crowd of hundreds. Federico illuminated the color of the man and sky, and made the people behind him dark. For his piece entitled, “DC”, Federico uses the visual element of an implied by taking a picture of a man in a red jacket standing on the right side of a painting of the Lady of Guadalupe. In this photograph, the eyes of the viewer first is drawn to the red jacket of the man, then moves his left side, where a painting of the Lady of Guadalupe is portrayed. Each year of the 12th of December, Mexicans celebrate the feast day for the Lady of Guadalupe. Federico focuses on the devotion of the Mexican individuals, who, on that day, abandon their everyday life to play the part of a religious