The
TAFOS Project began in 1986, in Lima - Peru, in a district
called "El Agustino" and, also, in Ocongate's community,
in Cuzco. The social context in which the project originated
was one surrounded by political violence, extreme poverty
and lack of political representativeness. |
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TAFOS
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Rosa Villafuerte,1987 |
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Furthermore, the communication systems between the citizens
were weak or didn't even exist, in most of the cases. In the
middle of this situation, TAFOS (Social Photography Workshops)
emerged, founded by two Germans, Thomas Müller and his
wife, Helga Müller. The project's purpose was to create
communication systems, using social and documentary photography,
based on two principles, communication and popular organization. |
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TAFOS
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Serapio Verduzco,1997 |
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The functional organs of the project were the photography
workshops that had place in many zones of Peru and with different
time durations. The workshops, basically, consisted in providing
to villagers, that weren't professional photographers, photographic
equipments to do a documentary registration of their reality. |
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The
organizers and promoters were professionals from various areas that
were responsible for overseeing the appropriate functioning of the
workshops and its continuity. TAFOS came to an end in 1998, after
12 years of work, more than 27 workshops organized and a photographic
library that reached 150 negatives in black and white, color and
slides. |
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… "TAFOS was a project of visual inclusion, with pictures
that, in its character of a documentary mirror, made visible the
invisible and took risks for a country still alive. Their pictures
show us a country struggling for respect and recognition of basic
rights for its people; a country in the process of consolidation
and transformation that, however, still enjoys life; summing up,
a country with a clear bet for life and change".
Huarcaya,
Roberto. Hacer visible lo invisible. In: País de Luz.
Talleres de Fotografía Social, TAFOS. Perú: 1986-1998.
Lima-Peru: Pastor y Müller, 2006. p. 44-47(English Translation).
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