Colombian artist and photographer Isabella Madrid explores the ‘click to be saved’ economy of hope in her project, Lucky Girl Syndrome
Growing up in Colombia – and online – has defined the way I create art: my identity has been formed by a country riddled with superficial and conservative values; a happy country but also one of the most violent; a country where men pray to virgins and kill the ones who are not.
The internet felt like a safe space where I could be anyone – as a vulnerable young girl who felt out of place where I lived, it helped me define my personality and interests but it also alienated me from the real world and made me hyper aware of the way I looked and existed.
Isabella Madrid is a Colombian artist and photographer
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Originally posted in the guardian.
