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Series Title: Lima la de Ayer, La de Mañana

Sara Arellama Rodriguez

1991

Roberto Huarcaya

(Peruvian, b. 1959)
Culture
Peru, 20th century
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Overall: 60 x 50 cm (23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jorge and Martha Schneider 2019.143
Copyright
© Roberto Huarcaya
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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This occupational portrait shows the subject amid the objects with which she makes her living.

Description

Sara Arellama Rodriguez came to Lima at age 16 to study music and became a high school teacher. After retirement, she began selling religious items in front of the capitol building. The artist wanted workers like Rodriguez, who serve the tourists and wealthy Lima residents of the upscale Miraflores area, to be seen as individuals, so he handwrote their life stories around their portraits.
A vertically oriented black-and-white photograph depicts a woman sitting on a stool next to a dense display of religious icons. She looks directly at us, wearing a textured, light-colored sweater. To her right, a tiered rack overflows with rosaries and small printed cards of saints. Framing the central image, handwritten Spanish text flows in a continuous rectangle along the borders of the white page.

Sara Arellama Rodriguez

1991

Roberto Huarcaya

(Peruvian, b. 1959)
Peru, 20th century

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