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    Feminist, Nonbinary Collective Portrays Latin American Culture In Unique Fashion

    While challenging sexist and colonial narratives deeply rooted in the region, these women — image makers — are creating a safe space to put themselves on the international map as photojournalists.
    by Laura Beltrán Villamizar Jul 26, 2020 5 minutes
    Tree women of the Otavalo indigenous community of Ecuador stand on the Arbolito park in Quito, Ecuador during the 10th day of social protests that took place in October, 2019.

    RUDA, named after the potent rue plant, is a collective of 11 female and nonbinary documentary photographers from Latin America. It formed in September 2018 as an answer to the lack of female representation in the region and the need to portray social developments from the female and local gaze.

    While challenging sexist and colonial narratives deeply rooted in the region, these women, image makers, are creating a safe space to put themselves on the international map as photojournalists.

    Each member of RUDA comes from a different Latin American country, where they currently reside: Bolivia, Paraguay, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Members are based in their respective country.

    Mayeli Villalba from Paraguay and Isadora Romero from Ecuador met in AsunciĂłn when Romero

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