Luis Gonzalez Palma poses models and props for his photos. He uses imagery evocative of social, political, and personal themes associated with his home, Guatemala. His photos have an inescapable, haunting sadness about them, made more poignant through his techniques. Gonzalez Palma colors his black and white photos with sepia tones, and often alters them in other ways as well. In many of his photos of models, he scratches away the whites of their eyes until only the startling white paper remains, illuminating the expressions inherent in their eyes. Gonzalez Palma also works with some collage elements-- sometimes he reassembles his photos or combines them with other images.

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