Mi Buenos Aires Querido

Authors

John Gordon, Brigham Young University
Linda Sullivan, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Mi Buenos Aires Querido, graphic design, La Boca, photography

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Art

Abstract

The project Mi Buenos Aires Querido was a wonderful opportunity for me to begin my work on a professional level as a graphic designer and artist. The project explores cross cultural design as well as experiential communication and the marginalization of Latin America. I never intended to exhibit a photo essay, presenting glossy photos glamorizing Buenos Aires. Doing so would make people think the city is beautiful, and while it is the beauty is not superficial. I wanted to communicate the beauty and struggle of everyday life in the neighborhood of La Boca. La Boca was chosen because it once was the home of the ultra-wealthy and now the poor have inhabited the abandoned mansions. The dichotomy of life in the Boca embodies the struggle and beauty, present and lost of Buenos Aires.

Recommended Citation

Gordon, John and Sullivan, Linda (2014) "Mi Buenos Aires Querido," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 463.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/463