Kitra Cahana: A glimpse of life on the road
Kitra Cahana: Relatos de vagabundo
Kitra Cahana is a Canadian photographer who blurs the line between anthropologist and journalist. Full bio
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I would walk across borders,
de la actualidad
de acero y asfalto
stick out their thumbs,
sacan el pulgar,
hasta madres de familia.
bajo las estrellas,
for a glimmer of adventure.
adolescentes que huyen
la liberación y la libertad.
que consideran derrochadora
estadounidense improbable.
termina en la basura
agrícolas de buena calidad
y crear música, arte y literatura.
la naturaleza es real,
por qué alguien
con una sola palabra:
se asegure de que cada persona
como un medio de escape,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kitra Cahana - Vagabond photojournalist + conceptual artistKitra Cahana is a Canadian photographer who blurs the line between anthropologist and journalist.
Why you should listen
Kitra Cahana is a wanderer. The American-born photographer was raised in Canada and Sweden, with a father who worked as a rabbi and took his family along with him everywhere he traveled. Cahana's itinerant childhood is evident in her work, which has taken her to teenage "rainbow parties," Venezuelan spiritual rituals, Ukranian Ultra-Orthodox prayer sites, American boxcars and bus stops and many more places. The 2014 TED Fellow embeds herself in the societies she documents, playing the part of photojouralist as well as enthnographer.
Kitra Cahana | Speaker | TED.com