Patas Arriba

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Image courtesy of Convent de Sant Agustí

The artist's personal experience as an educator in a social dining room in Barcelona, led to this photographic project, Patas Arriba (Upside down), in which each photo accompanies a story told from trust and personal contact.

Graciela Contreras left behind her educational work for a few moments and wrote the experiences of those who steered her to deeper reflections and awareness, pursuing to make visible an isolated reality that resonates in her personal history.

All the stories told in Patas Arriba are authorized by their protagonists.

Graciela Contreras Guzman was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, her studies in pedagogy led her to live in Mexico and Lisbon, then she found in Barcelona the place to study theater, dance and performative arts, approaching these different artistic disciplines from their less conventional side.