Desapelo : Sofia Lopez Mañan

Sofía López Mañan is an Argentine photographer with a degree in filmmaking based in Buenos Aires. She has more than 10 years of experience documenting themes related to human relationship with biodiversity. She currently studies naturalism and mycology to acquire further knowledge in biology and conservation laws.

Argentina –

I started shaving my head in June last year in an internal process of healing and letting go old family programs. I call it desapelo (hair detachment). It is an act of denying and void a place where I’ve never been and always wanted to belong. It is to cut off my own habitus of lineage. With hair I cut off time. I cut fears. I cut customs. Its me naked in a profound self cleaning, trying to be aware of change and expulsing those things I am willing to let go.

Written and photography by Sofia Lopez Mañan

Related Posts

Pierfrancesco Celada: Hitoride (Literally: By yourself, Alone)

Japan – During a brief visit to Japan in 2009 I was soon fascinated by the isolation and loneliness I ...

Jon Tonks: Empire

United Kingdom –  Empire is a fascinating journey across the South Atlantic exploring life on four remote islands – the British ...

Kosuke Okahara : Vanishing Existence

Japan – I traveled with Kosuke Okahara to visit ex-leprosy colonies located in the far corners of rural China. The ...

Colin Pantall on Christoph Bangert “War Porn”

Germany – During the Spanish war with Napoleonic France, Francisco Goya made The Disasters of War. In three series of ...

Colin Pantall on Lorenzo Vitturi’s Dalston Anatomy

United Kingdom – Every now and then, a photography book comes along that looks completely different. Dalston Anatomy by Lorenzo ...

Matjaz Krivic: “Tribe – Somewhere under the Rainbow”

Slovenia –   The Rainbow gathering … is that where you live embraced by nature under the blue sky, surrounded ...

Lucie Foundation: International Photography Awards 2014 Announced

USA – The Lucie Awards presents the International Photography Awards (IPA) competition, a sister effort of the Lucie Foundation, and has ...

Mark Power: Die Mauer ist Weg!

Germany –  By a series of fortunate events, Photography feature – Mark Power was present at the fall of the Berlin ...

Manik Katyal on Nicolo Degiorgis “Hidden Islam”

Italy – Winner of Author Book Award 2014 at the Rencontres d’Arles, self-published book ‘Hidden Islam’ by Fabrica graduate, Photography feature ...