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Inaugurated photo exhibition on the Passion in Iztapalapa

Images that reflect the feelings, dreams and imagination of those who live this traditional displays of faith up the photo exhibition "Passion in Iztapalapa," which contains works by artists of the lens as Jorge Pablo de Aguinaco, Carlos Contreras and Ricardo Espinoza, and that was opened last night.

The sample, which was curated by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, consists of 150 images in large format and heat, that the public capital and visitors can see in the Gallery of the Open Rejas Chapultepec.

The exhibit also includes photographs of Ricardo Maldonado, Guillermo Soto and Enrique Villaseñor, offers a visual chronicle of the representation that every year during Holy Week is held in Iztapalapa and realism so it teaches the participants of this tradition live the Passion Jesus Christ.

Through photographs attendees may participate in the sensibility of a people as lived by the so-called Son of God from Palm Sunday until Sunday, and so Iztapalapa acquires the characteristics of Jerusalem almost two thousand years ago .

The Cerro de la Estrella ceases to be and, because of the faith, becomes the Golgotha, the scene of the crucifixion of Jesus, where more than four thousand people, including actors, extras and technicians, recreating one of the main dates in the Christian world.

During the inauguration of the sample, Elena Cepeda de Leon, secretary of Culture of the Government of the Federal District, commented that the staging that began in 1843 as a token of appreciation for the religious term of a cholera epidemic, is now a major momentum to take over the streets and rebuild, with that, a public space.

"Because not only neighbors are the ones who give life to this tradition, over a year of preparation and a week's personification of Jesus, Mary, Judas or Pontius Pilate, but are residents of the eight districts of Iztapalapa contributing to the realization of the representation, "he said.

Also part of this popular representation of the thousands of visitors who come to the streets in the neighborhoods of Asuncion, San Ignacio, Santa Barbara, San Lucas, San Pablo, San Miguel, San Pedro and San Jose, to rebuild a religious drama, but above all a public space, he said.

He stressed that the importance of the Representation of the Passion in Iztapalapa for the inhabitants of Mexico City is due to a combination of meanings that surrounds it: the religious, recovery of the past Nahuatl and the habits and customs of the eight districts .

"Passion in Iztapalapa" is made up of 150 photographs in large format color, including "When it comes to a close," Enrique Villasenor, "The sunset, Iztapalapa, ceases to be the millennial Jerusalem," "Some disciples wrapped the body of Jesus "and" Resurrection ", by Carlos Contreras.

Also, "thoroughly, but protected," "The roar of the crowd that scatters so impressive" and "A modern shroud," Ricardo Maldonado and "The hours in the sun wreak havoc," Guillermo Soto, to name some.

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