For this first episode of The Eyes Talks, we invited artist Oleñka Carrasco to talk about her book “Patria”, published by The Eyes Publishing in June 2023.

Oleñka Carrasco’s book PATRIA is a moving account of bereavement, and of the identity issues it raises in the broader context of the history of Venezuela and its exiles. As the pages turn, Oleñka’s intimate family circle widens towards a universal theme that touches us all: exile, belonging to a homeland, to a land.

Oleñka Carrasco is the winner of the Prix Photo Folio Review 2022 of the Rencontres de la photographie, Arles. Patria is exhibited at the Rencontres de photographie d’Arles from July 3 to September 24, 2023, Espace Croisière.

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