Xyza Bacani

            Xyza Cruz Bacani, a former domestic worker in Hong Kong for almost 10 years, is an author and photographer who started her journey in photography by taking pictures of street life in Hong Kong. She has earned herself a scholarship from the Magnum Foundation’s Photography and Social Justice Fellows in 2015 and was given a chance to improve her skills in New York. Bacani has exhibited her photos worldwide and have also won multiple awards from them. In addition, she was included in BBC’s 100 Women in 2015, and is also a Fujifilm ambassador. Bacani is currently represented by Redux Pictures in New York, USA.

            The images she capture mostly show stories about human rights, as this is one of her interests in addition to labor migration. Bacani’s photographs also serve as a way to tell underreported stories that gives awareness to the audience. Her works include “What if you were free to love anyone you choose?” and “Project Ugnayan”.

            Her photographs are mostly in grayscale, although she also produces pictures in color (such as a few of her works in “Curtains”, “There Was and There Will Be”, and “Translacion”; which also shows variety in saturation and contrast.) 


“Translacion”, presented by Christine Park Gallery in Art Fair Tokyo 2019

“There Was and There Will Be”, presented in Hong Kong Art Centre 40th flagship exhibition



Reference:
https://www.xyzacruzbacani.com/
http://www.reduxpictures.com/portfolio/editorial/xyza-bacani/

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