Filipino Domestic Worker Earns Prestigious Magnum Fellowship for Her Photography

Filipino Domestic Worker Earns Prestigious Magnum Fellowship for Her Photography
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For the past 10 years, 27-year-old Xyza Cruz Bacani has been working as a domestic worker for a wealthy Chinese family in Hong Kong. On her days off, she brings her camera onto her city’s sidewalks and captures impressive street photos.

Yesterday, Bacani’s life took a dramatic turn: she was announced as a recipient of the 2015 Human Rights Fellowship by the Magnum Foundation, a prestigious scholarship that will give her the opportunity to study in an intensive, six-week-long program at New York University in NYC.

Un peu comme Vivian Maier aux Etats-Unis à son époque :
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKEU2LSxbc

La photographie, peut-être le seul moyen d’expression accessible quand on se fait voler une aussi grande quantité de son temps ?

#photographie #domestiques

Filipino Domestic Worker Earns Prestigious Magnum Fellowship for Her Photography

For the past 10 years, 27-year-old #Xyza_Cruz_Bacani has been working as a domestic worker for a wealthy Chinese family in Hong Kong. On her days off, she brings her camera onto her city’s sidewalks and captures impressive street photos.

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