Luis González PalmaLuis González Palma (1957) is a Guatemalan photographer. Much of his work "has revolved around the strange hybrids of race and culture that add up to Latin America."[1] Life and workLuis González Palma, was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1957. After training to be an architect[2] at Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala,[3] he began a career in photography and video.[4] His first individual exhibition, Autoconfesion, was in 1989 at the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York, and had a breakthrough at the Houston FotoFest in 1992.[5][6] He was awarded the Gran Premio PHotoEspaña award in 1999, exhibited his work in the 49th and 51st Venice Biennale,[6] and contributed to the production of The Death and the Maiden in the Malmö Opera, 2008.[7] Publications
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