The project is based on the interaction between the earth and a group of mothers because from both mothers and earth life is born. In a photographic construction a world is created where, without physical effort, they levitate within the earth; they are suspended in another medium, another world.
The burial symbolises the rebirth of these mothers. The moment is developed as a ritual.
The series of 8 portraits was taken in black and white film.
In September 2008, a group of mothers of the Community of Soacha, Colombia denounced the disappearance and death of their children. An investigation uncovered that the Colombian Army had posed them as guerrillas to collect financial and professional rewards offered by the state. Since then, more than 4,000 cases of forced disappearance by the Army have come to light. The Mothers of Soacha have worked tirelessly for more than 7 years to preserve the memory of their children and to demand justice from the state.
The series seeks not just to recognize the models as “The Mothers of Soacha” but also as Colombian women. “The Mothers of Soacha” are women known for keeping alive the memory of their children who were forcibly disappeared by the Colombian army in 2008.
