People - Professional

The Shadow of Her Former Self

Keith Dannemiller
Mexico

Nominee

"The Shadow of Her Former Self"
A couple walk through the arches that surround the Zócalo, or main plaza in downtown Mexico City.

Biography: Keith Dannemiller was born and educated in Akron, Ohio, USA. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN with a degree in Organic Chemistry. While currently a freelancer, over the past 27 years he has been affiliated with Black Star and Saba agencies. Visual projects that have captured his interest include: a fundamentalist sect that uses exorcism to deal with social problems; the modern syncretic rituals of the cult to Saint Jude Thaddeus; the struggles of Central American migrants in Mexico, and the effects of drug violence on the residents of the Mexican state of Guerrero.

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