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Andrea Castillo

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Visual storyteller, poetry dilettante and devoted sailor of words and folkloric music. Spiritual animal: phoenix.

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Vulnerable Spaces

Andrea Castillo +May 21, 2021

Humans are spatial beings that unfold a bewildering life with all its contradictory aspects on a certain latitude and altitude. Space is in us, we are part of s...
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Seeking Blue Skies

Andrea Castillo +April 05, 2021

Why is it that when we are with a stranger with no topic of conversation, the climate is the typical wildcard? It's hot right? It's freezing outside, When will ...
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Witness of the Uniqueness

Andrea Castillo +February 21, 2021

A room full of people wearing black. Could be a party, a concert or a funeral. Depending on what's at the center; a bottle of vodka, a possessed concert directo...
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Knights of Persistence

Andrea Castillo +February 08, 2021

Being. Being a human. Being a worn out photograph. Being a mold on a wall corner. Being is underestimated....
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Visual Identity

Andrea Castillo +December 03, 2020

Photography is a never ending journey where the photographers have to find themselves in their work. Those immerging themselves enough, find out sooner or later...
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Hunters Of Time

Andrea Castillo +November 02, 2020

Time is an entity that can be as simple as it is enigmatic, as fast or slow as our perception can reach, as pleasant or unbearable as our senses believe it. Tim...
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Magical Realism

Andrea Castillo +October 09, 2020

This year has been a whirling chess game, but all women and men being on the losing side. It has come with a lot of changes, but what else to be expected with a...
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The Threshold of Womanhood

Andrea Castillo +September 22, 2020

What does it mean to be a woman? Does it mean blood on your panties, whistlings on the streets, perfect eyebrows, shaved vulvas, and pubic hair? Does it mean pi...
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This is not an article.

Andrea Castillo +August 01, 2020

It ́s an ode....
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Black Band-aids

Andrea Castillo +June 29, 2020

"It hurts," kid sobbing. It would hurt for a while. His mom is looking in her purse. "Is everyone's blood red, mamma?" the kid is rubbing the blood on his injur...
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Female violence for dinner

Andrea Castillo +June 01, 2020

Ingredients: two pounds of discrimination, four ounces of inequality, a handful of verbal abuse, and three teaspoons of unwanted compliments. We are having a wo...
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Underrated Land

Andrea Castillo +April 18, 2020

Humanity is experiencing a centripetal migration, a journey towards its own decisions and livelihood. Distinguished people, that were sometimes taken for grante...