Lake Verea
Lake Verea is a queer duo working in conceptual photography formed in 2005 by Francisca Rivero-Lake and Carla Verea. They work in series that develop over years where the technical and the conceptual go hand in hand to create a personal narrative. Their work explores concepts of expanded photography through portrait, installation, textile, performance, sculpture, and video. By experimenting with photographic techniques and formats that blur questions of authorship, they build narratives that highlight their combined identity to create intimate portraits of architecture, artists’ archives, and people. Their work has been exhibited internationally for almost two decades and is part of the MoMA Collection in NYC, the Jumex Collection and Museo Tamayo Collection in Mexico City, and Museo Amparo Collection in Puebla, Mexico, amongst others. Their series Bodyguards in Lands of Shadows was awarded the British Journal of Photography award in 2007 and has been exhibited at the Photographers Gallery, London (2007), SCAN Festival, Tarragona (2008), Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City (2009), Museo de Arte Zapopan, Jalisco (2014), FotoMuseo 4Caminos, Mexico City (2015), Museo Cuatro Caminos , Mexico City and Museo Alvarez Bravo, Oaxaca (2019).