Lenscratch
Written by Eleonora Ronconi, October 22, 2012
This article highlights the work of Paccarik Orue, a photographer raised in Peru and now living in San Francisco, California. His work mainly focuses on finding beauty in struggling communities, reflective both of his experiences growing up in a turbulent Peruvian social climate as well as the hardships of an immigrant living in the U.S. Soon to be published, his book There is nothing beautiful here compares the difficulties in Richmond, California and Cerro de Pasco, Peru; through this project he has created a collection of images that blend both hardship and hope through the endurance of people and culture. Orue's photographs initially caught my interest because they juxtapose a happy color tone with themes of hardship and plight, challenging the viewer to see that there really is beauty in places that we usually categorize as unappealing. I love this kind of work and would like to pursue an avenue of this idea in my final project: capturing the iconic, often overlooked, and unique elements of small towns and representing them in a way that really is beautiful.
Wonderful. I'm glad you selected this article and it was able to offer inspiration for your final project. Orue's work is very beautiful and thoughtful.
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