Photographs of Mexico by a Native Son

Miguel Zafra is of Mixtec background from the Oaxaca region of Mexico. His photographs of Southern Mexico are on display at an art store called Alma Gifts & Cultures from now until July 15. Alma is located at 1705 Mission Street in Santa Cruz. These photographs are from the opening of Zafra's show on June 9, 2007. From now until July 15, the work of Miguel Zafra will be on display at Alma Gifts and Culture in Santa Cruz. Zafra is a gifted artist who works in black and white and hand-colored black and white. He has also mastered infrared film. Zafra is of Mixtec background from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. He says he picked up a camera for the first time at the age of 20, but began dreaming in black and white as a child. He is a photographer of his people. His adoptation of the camera to express his people's vision, instead of using traditional forms of expression such as pottery, is a step he has taken consciously and with some pride.