45 years after the founding of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayothe Kirchner Cultural Center presents an exhibition honoring the struggle to recover the right to identity of the grandchildren kidnapped by the last military dictatorship. The opening of the exhibition “Granddaughters and Grandchildren” It is Thursday, October 27, from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with free admission.
The photographs of Alexander Reynoso with texts from Maria Eugenia Luduena, go through the stories of granddaughters and grandsons returned from 1977 to the present. As of today, it is estimated that the approximate number of 300 people who still do not know their true identity. “These biographies contribute to political and social memory, which arise from the permanent search of the Grandmothers in the face of horror. Being able to look directly at the camera is, among other things, telling who we are”, declare the artists.
The trajectory of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo marked an undeniable precedent in human rights, from its beginnings in the daily visits to orphanages, juvenile courts and the investigation of scattered chronicles, to the organization today with 130 confirmed cases of grandsons and granddaughters who were restored.
“These portraits, in which we see our grandchildren in the eye, are moving. Many years ago, when we restored the identity of boys and girls, we saw how they flourished, how they grew, sometimes suddenly, after learning the truth. Today that our grandchildren are adults, we continue to perceive in their eyes that shine that, we imagined, is the one they had since our daughters gave birth to them. Real or not, that light, that spark of life, is what manages to capture this photographic sample of our friend Alejandro Reynoso”, he affirms. Estela de Carlotto, President of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo.
Manuel Gonçalves Granada, Director of the House for Identity Grandson restored, knows first-hand the work and the meaning of the message in the image: “Going through Alejandro Reynoso’s exhibition makes us look in those portraits for the stories that each one of them represents. It is not only the physical resemblance or the gestures that are seen in them, regarding our families, it is the wonderful proof that today we know who we are and that is why we can look in front of the camera.
“If we had not restored our true identity, we would not be in this exhibition. That is why it is important to know that there are still many like us who cannot look at the camera”, concludes the Goncalves Granada.
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