Amanda Holmes & Renato Miller

“COLOR! Ceremonies in Mexico” by Amanda Holmes & Renato Miller is a documentary photo project about ceremonial clothing throughout the seven cultural regions of Mexico. Its foundation is based on an ethnographic approach that encourages dialogue and participation with communities—through interviews with dancers, artisans, chroniclers, guardians of tradition—and the purpose of contributing to the preservation of cultural heritage.

ALMANAQUE-fotográfica presents two diptychs upon this Holmes & Miller’s series that will culminate in an extensive book to celebrate the diversity of expressions that give life to the traditions that make up our collective identity and the ability we have to create new cultural forms: “A glass of water in the wide river of -who we are-”

Amanda Holmes was born in Madrid in 1970, and has lived in Mexico, England, Chile, the United States, and Germany. She holds a BA from Bennington College (1992). Her work has been exhibited in Paris, Berlin, Mexico City, Tokyo, New York, and Washington DC. She has been represented by Camera Work Berlin and exhibited at the contemporary art fairs Paris Photo, Art Basel Miami and Zona Maco, and is included in private collections. She has been a freelance photographer for over 3 decades, one in Mexico City and two in Berlin. She is the author and photographer of Mexican Color with text by Elena Poniawtoska/Stuart Tabori & Chang. Her work has appeared in many magazines. She has also been published in Outdoor Art; Random House/Prestel, ABC DF; Cronical, Paradiso Mexicano; Potter.

Renato Miller was born in Santiago de Chile in 1981, lived in Chile, the United States and Mexico. He holds a degree from the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Communication Sciences. He has extensive experience as a local producer for foreign media: such as ABC News, BBC World Service, CNN International News, The New Yorker Magazine, Channel 4, Sky News, among others and currently works as a photographer in Mexico City.

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