The Devil is Spying on the Girl - Sebastian Gomez Hernandez

Wendy Ewald

From the series "Retratos y Sueños", printed in 1993, gelatin Silver print
14 x 17 1/4 in (35.56 x 43.82 cm) image, 16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.80 cm) paper

"When I first asked the Tzotzil children [Chiapas, Mexico] to photograph their dreams or fantasies I was worried that they might be disdainful of the idea. For them, dreams play as important a role in understanding the world as do waking events.

I explained as briefly as I could what we would be doing the next day. They giggled excitedly. “Fantasías!” they said, as if both the sound and the idea of the word were funny in a familiar way.

I realized the next day that they knew exactly what I was talking about."

— Wendy Ewald
https://wendyewald.com/portfolio/mexico-retratos-y-suenos/

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