Between 7 February and 24 of March, It will be carried out at Usina of Art photo exhibition "Women: Female power in focus ", display files made with National Geographic that first comes to Latin America.

This proposal is intended to show a global chronicle of the lives of women over the past century. In that context, the 2020 will continue to make the key role of women in the annual program of Usina of Art, with focus on the appreciation of its role as a maker in the world of art.

The exhibition illuminates the places where they spent the women, those who currently occupy and those heading. More of 60 display images representing women over 30 countries.

The exhibition is divided into six areas that evoke different emotions: joy, beauty, love, wisdom, strength and hope. From the photograph of Amy Toensing, which portrays the joy of two women who participate in the traditional Indian festival Holi, up picture of Lynn Johnson, which transmits the force of the women who cross the desert plains of Kenya to bring water to their families, photographs invite us to reflect and recognize the fact that, despite the differences and distance, we all experience similar emotions.

En toda la exposición hay fascinantes paneles intercalados con el nombre de “Through the Lens” (Through the lens), They are showing stories behind the scenes of photographers regarding their experiences to capture some of the most captivating your shots.

also highlights the iconic portraits on display of Sharbat Gula, known as “niña afgana” Y “mujer afgana”, an orphan photographed for the first time 1984 by journalist Steve McCurry when I lived in the refugee camp Nasir Bagh in Pakistan during the time of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The identity of the protagonist of the photo is not initially known, and in 2002 National Geographic team identified it while in a remote region of Afghanistan, after returning to his native country from refugee camp 1992, confirming their identity by recognizing the iris.

The book “Women: The National Geographic Image Collection” (Women: The collection of images from National Geographic) It is the kick of this collection, y da a conocer la vida de las mujeres de todo el mundo, accompanied by revealing interviews and portraits of contemporary pioneers, offering a compelling testimony about what it means to be a woman in different cultures around the world.

further, the 8 March it will be projected at the Usina of the Art: The Cave, the documentary nominated for Oscars® 2020, of the renowned filmmaker Feras Fayyad, which tells the story of a group of women and doctors who fight the daily bombings, la escasez crónica de suministros y la amenaza de ataques químicos a un hospital subterráneo llamado “The Cave”, in a war-torn Syria. At the same time, It will be included in a special program that will arrive from March to screen this channel, en el contexto del “Mes de la Mujer”.

The exhibition can be visited from Tuesday to Thursday 14 a 19 and Friday, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10 a 21.