Paz Errázuriz: Survey

From the Pinochet dictatorship to present day, Paz Errázuriz has created photographs that expose Chile’s gritty subcultures while skillfully weaving together themes of art, gender, history, and politics. Committed to her subjects, Errázuriz has spent months and sometimes years within specific communities, building trust and studying social structures. During the dictatorship, she made projects in violation of the regulations imposed by the military regime, daring to visit underground brothels, shelters, psychiatric wards, and boxing clubs where women were not welcome. In the words of author Gerardo Mosquera,

the spaces explored in Errázuriz’s photos—beyond the striking personalities—reveal an extreme aesthetic that also exposes the potholes and irregularities left in the path of modernization.

This book tells a story of Chile, photography, and the art, determination, and the life of an extraordinary photographer.