Title: Oráculo
Description: Photography by Silvia Andrade with text by Arturo González Cosío. This volume comprises 64 photographs taken by Silvia Andrade during her walks in the Regional Botanical Garden "Roger Orellana" in Mérida (Yucatán), as well as a poetic journey performed by Arturo González Cosío in 1999. Image and poems are based on the Hexagrams of theI Ching, or Book of Changes. "In a process of sentimental afinity, (Silvia) took pictures of the plants every day. After doing a meditation, based on the Hexagrams of theI Ching, with the microscope to the photographic shoot that coprresponds to such meditation. So, this "Oracle" is a registry of her feelings, hopes and hopelessness" (Our translation)--Page 5.
Subjects: Catalogs, Artistic Photography, Photomicrography, Photography of plants
Places: Mexico
People: Silvia Andrade (1976-)