Balam No. 9 transcends the printed matter: it is a vindication of those masculinities marginalized in a toxic system that prioritizes identical and serialized models, canned from the gondola of what should be. Under a vision -and many eyes- queer, the selected images show the role that the photographic practice played and plays in the codification, experimentation and construction of the masculine in contemporary society.
The new masculinities are not new; ignored, they have always existed. We invite, then, projects that subvert the rules of the normative white male, discuss the power relations that nurture notions of “masculinity” and, above all, redefine the path and acceptance of queers, trans identities, crossdressers, racialized subjects and the infinite ways of being within the LGBTIQ+ community. -Publisher
More than 50 contributors make up this new edition. Published in 3 languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese, 280 pages.
PHOTOGRAPHERS Alan de la Rosa (MX), Alejandro Correa (AR), Arthur Mora (CO), Ash Allen (US), Cairo Elio (AR), Carlos Zurita (BO/AR), Diego Argote (CL), Diego Mora Meneses (CL), Elliot Jerome Brown Jr. (US), Emil Lombardo (AR/FR), Eva Casanueva (ES), Fe Avila (BR), Felipe Romero (CO), Gabz 404 (BR), Gerardo Morales Martínez (MX), Giulia Fumagalli (IT), Igor Furtado (BR), Jahir Jorquera (CL), Jeff Pedroso (BR), Joseph Echenique (AR), Karla Hiraldo Voleau (DO/FR), Kia Sciarrone (AU), La Chola Poblete (AR), Leobardo Bañuelos Jr. (US), Louka Perderizet (BE), Lusted Men (FR), Masina Pinheiro (BR), Matthew Leifheit (US), Maximilian Koppernock (DE), Melissa de Oliveira (BR), Nico Mascarenhas & Juan Duarte (BR), Pablo Manrique (AR), Paulo César Herrera Zavala (PE), Rafael Amorim (BR), Salvador Jiménez (US), Sebastián Gherrê (CL), Sergi/a Vilavella Font (ES), Texas Isaiah (US), Thales Pessoa (BR), Thomas Locke Hobbs (US), Tomás Pedro Gacitúa Ramírez (CL), Valentina Palavecino (CL), Valentina Quintero (AR), Vivienne Maricevic (AR), Yorman Aguilar (VE)
TEXTS BY Cole Rizki (US) Diego Tedeschi (AR) Dulcina Abreu (DO) Facundo Blanco (AR) Igor Furtado (BR)
EDITORS Oscar 1992 & Luis Juárez
ART DIRECTION Gustavo Eandi
