Aldeide Delgado

Jo Ractliffe: Out of Place @jeudepaumeparis “Curated by @pia_viewing_ , the survey offers “a different way of looking at my work, beyond the idea of ‘landscape,’” Ractliffe said.“ Often, my photographs are understood as spaces of violence untethered from place—they become something strange and abstract. But for this show, we’re anchoring the images to their settings.” Toward this specificity of context, the exhibition includes more than a hundred previously unexhibited photographs, “expanding an understanding of both my practice and places that I have been repeatedly drawn to.” From Lucienne Bestall @luciennepallas , “A Witness to South Africa’s Postapartheid Landscape,” an article originally published in @aperturefnd No. 261, “The Craft Issue,” under the column Studio Visit.

Meet the speakers of Finding One’s Ceremony: The Gathering ✨ This Saturday, WOPHA founder Aldeide Delgado (@aldeide_delgado ) and art historian Carol Damian (@caroldamian20 ) will be in conversation with artists Diana Larrea (@parcialmentenublada ) and Zonia Zena (@zoniazena ), whose work is currently on view at Green Space Miami. Together, they will reflect on the exhibition and their shared exploration of memory, migration, and cultural continuity. Expanding beyond the conversation, The Gathering brings together an immersive evening of performance, and film, featuring the Sumaq Tusuy dance activation by Lucía Morales (@luciamorales_ar ) with live music and original arrangements by the Andean groups Kuyayky (@kuyaykyfnd ) and Estampa Criolla de Peter Zegarra, alongside Warmikunaq Ruwaynin, a film screening curated by Diana Larrea with works by Peruvian women filmmakers. Details: 🗓 Saturday, April 25 ⏰ 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm 📍 Green Space Miami (@greenspacemiami ) Reserve your free ticket at the link in bio 🔗 #WOPHAFoundation #MiamiArts #WomenPhotographers #ThingsToDoInMiami

We are excited to invite you to an engaging presentation on Caribbean women’s photography by 2026 Research Fellow Lauren Baccus, in collaboration with FIU’s Department of Art + Art History (@fiuart ). In Conversation: Lauren Baccus and Aldeide Delgado features 2026 WOPHA Research Fellow Lauren Baccus (@bythelb ) in dialogue with WOPHA Founder & Director Aldeide Delgado (@aldeide_delgado ). Baccus will share her research project, “Intimate Archives and Black Feminist Memory”, which explores Caribbean women’s photography as a practice of intimate archiving and a form of Black feminist memory work. Her research foregrounds how artists and community archivists use photographic practices, such as family albums, domestic scenes, rituals, and everyday moments, to sustain Caribbean diasporic memory and challenge erasures perpetuated by official histories and colonial frameworks. Details: 📅 Wednesday, April 15 ⏰ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm 📍 FIU – Steven and Dorothea Green Library RSVP at the link in bio 🔗 The WOPHA Research Fellowship program is made possible through the support of the Pérez CreARTE Grant Program by The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation (@perezfamilyfoundation ) at The Miami Foundation and the Green Family Foundation (@greenfforg ). Cultural partners are The Betsy Hotel (@thebetsyhotel ), Green Space Miami (@greenspacemiami ), and the Department of Art + Art History at Florida International University (@fiuart ). Portrait of Lauren Baccus by Anya Tatum. Courtesy of the artist. Portrait of Aldeide Delgado by Gaby Odeja. Courtesy of the artist. #WophaFoundation #WophaResearchFellowship #MiamiArts #ThingsToDoInMiami

Meet the Instructor: Silvia Lizama Through our Insider Gaze video series, we are pleased to introduce visual artist @sillizama , who will lead our Master Hand-coloring Techniques workshop on Sunday, March 29. Born in Havana, Cuba, Lizama relocated to South Florida in 1960. She earned her BFA from Barry University and her MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Over a distinguished 37-year career, she served as Professor of Photography and Chair of the Department of Fine Arts at @barryuniversity , and was named Professor Emerita in 2023. Since 1978, her hand-colored photographs have been exhibited nationally and internationally, gaining recognition in major exhibitions and collections. This four-hour workshop begins with a presentation on the history of hand-coloring in photography, situating the practice within its artistic and historical context while reflecting on Lizama’s sustained engagement with the medium. Participants will then receive a detailed demonstration of materials and techniques, focusing on the use of Marshall’s Photo Oils on silver gelatin fiber prints. The session concludes with hands-on application, supported by individual guidance and feedback. 📆Sunday, March 29, 1–4 pm 📍Green Space Miami 🔗Register at the link in bio. ▶️Watch the full Insider Gaze video on our YouTube channel. #wophafoundation #wophainstitute #silvializama

At WOPHA, every month is Women’s History Month. As we close out March, we reflect on “Becoming Sisters: Women Photography Collectives & Organizations.” Presented alongside the 2021 WOPHA Congress (@wophacongress ) in Miami, and edited by Aldeide Delgado (@aldeide_delgado ) and Ana Clara Silva (@anaclarasilva ), this 286 page photobook brings together 40 international collectives and organizations alongside 98 women and non binary photographers, offering a collective manifesto that reimagines dominant narratives in photography history. We are honored to be in dialogue with the mission driven organizations featured in this publication: @womeninphoto @spewomens @mfonfoto @awarewomenart @mulheresluz_fotografia @1ffala @iwpa_photo @donnefotografeassociazione @cooperativa.fotografas @lapartdesfemmesphotographie @bjp1854 @authoritycollective @theluupe @fotografas_delnorte @womenphotographershistory @feministphotographynetwork @lasfotosproject @femlens @miralatinalab @femgrafia @wewomenphoto @unexp_collective @womenstreetphotographers ) Women in Street UKBFTOG – UK Black Female Photographers @colectivolasninas @ayunfotografas @femxphotographersorg WildFires @hundredheroines @dodgeburnphoto @fotofemmeunited @strangefirecollective Women Picturing Revolution @ndigenousphoto @womenphotograph @fotografaslatam @fotofeminas @tootiredproject blackwomenphotographers Thank you for the work you do, for the communities you nurture, and for the histories you help make visible. We hope this inspires continued support for women artists and women-led organizations throughout the year. Learn more about the book and find your copy through the link in our bio. 1©️ Photo by Natsumi Hisamitsu. Courtesy of Reminders Photography Stronghold. 2©️ Photo by Diana Larrea. Courtesy of WOPHA. 3©️ Photo by Diana Larrea. Courtesy of WOPHA. Cover Image©️ Nereida García Ferraz (in collaboration with Laura González Flores and Eugenia Vargas Pereira). El Picnic, 1989. Courtesy of the artist and Catálogo de Fotógrafas Cubanas. #WophaFoundation #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenPhotographers

Did you know you can join the 2026 WOPHA Portfolio Review from anywhere in the world? 🌎 This program is fully online, bringing together an international group of curators, editors, and artists. Wherever you’re based, you can connect, share your work, and receive focused feedback through one-on-one conversations. Each participant meets with 3 reviewers for 25 minutes each, all in a virtual format designed to make meaningful exchange accessible across locations and time zones. Portfolio Reviewers: • Aldeide Delgado, Founder & Director, Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), Miami • ⁠Vicky Ismach, Artist & Curatorial Coordinator, Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Uruguay • ⁠Daniele Queiroz, Curator, Contemporary Art Department, Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo • ⁠Luis Graham Castillo, Director, Zona Maco Photo • ⁠Giada De Agostinis, Photo Editor, The New Yorker, New York • ⁠Hernease Davis, Artist & Assistant Curator, Visual Studies Workshop • ⁠Marina Molarsky-Beck, Curatorial Fellow, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art • ⁠J Sybylla Smith, Founder, The Concept Aware Podcast, Cambridge • ⁠Tif Ng, Programs Coordinator, Magnum Foundation, New York No travel required. Just you, your portfolio, and conversations with people shaping the field today. Space is limited to 20 participants, register at the link in bio. 🔗 Details: 🗓 Saturday, March 14 ⏰ 09:30 am – 3:30 pm 📍 Online ⏳ Register by March 1 Photos by Vanessa Díaz. Courtesy of WOPHA. #WophaFoundation #WophaCongress #PortfolioReview #PhotographyCommunity

Last week to register for the 2026 WOPHA Portfolio Review! This online session is a chance to sit down with three experienced voices in photography for real, focused conversations about your work. Each participant receives three 25 minute one on one reviews with professionals from across the field, offering insight on how to shape, strengthen, and move your projects forward. Meet the first reviewers: • Aldeide Delgado, Founder and Director of Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) A Cuban-born, Miami-based Latinx art historian and curator, Delgado’s work centers feminist and decolonial methodologies to highlight the contributions of women and non-binary photographers. She has lectured at institutions including Tate Modern, Palais de Tokyo, and Pérez Art Museum Miami. She is the visionary behind the WOPHA Congress and the recipient of recognitions including the Mellon Foundation grant, Ellies Creator Award, and Knight Arts Challenge Award. • Vicky Ismach, Curatorial Coordinator & Head of Exhibitions at Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo (@cdfmontevideo ) Based in Montevideo, Ismach works across artistic and curatorial practices. Since 2019, she has led exhibitions and research initiatives at CdF, developing projects in dialogue with its historical archive and in public space. Her practice fosters connections between photography, affective curatorial approaches, and education, creating spaces for exchange and critical reflection. • Daniele Queiroz, Curator, Contemporary Art Department, Instituto Moreira Salles (@imoreirasalles ) Queiroz is a researcher and curator at Instituto Moreira Salles, where she has co-curated exhibitions of major international artists. She holds a master’s degree from the University of São Paulo and is currently a doctoral candidate researching representations of Black women in São Paulo at the turn of the 19th century. Three perspectives. Direct feedback. Real dialogue about where your work can go next. 🗓 Online ⏱ Three 25 minute reviews 📅 Saturday, March 14, 2026 from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Apply by March 1. Link in bio. #WOPHAFoundation #PortfolioReview #PhotographyCommunity

WOPHA and Green Space Miami are pleased to present “Finding One’s Ceremony”, a two-person exhibition curated by Aldeide Delgado, Founder and Director of WOPHA. Featuring Miami-based artists of Peruvian descent Diana Larrea and Zonia Zena, the exhibition explores the universal question of who we are, through their ongoing connection to ancestral ceremonial practices in Peru. Although both were raised and educated in Miami, returning to their homeland becomes a kind of renewed migration: an experience of rediscovery shaped by memory, family histories, and cultural inheritance. The exhibition marks the beginning of a year-long partnership that establishes Green Space Miami as WOPHA’s physical home throughout 2026. This collaboration opens new partnerships with the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University and extends WOPHA’s ongoing relationship with the Green Family Foundation Caribbean Cultural Institute at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). These partnerships reaffirm a shared commitment to advancing diversity, inclusivity, and innovation within contemporary photographic practice. Join us for our upcoming opening reception on Friday, February 27, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Green Space Miami. RSVP via our link in bio. #WophaFoundation #GreenSpaceMiami #MiamiArts

✨ (III) Looking back on 2025 with gratitude for the people, encounters, and experiences that shaped a year of growth, exploration, and preparation for what lies ahead. This was a year marked by an intense amount of administrative work 👩🏽‍💻: writing grants, agreements, protocols, and exhibition proposals… I felt the weight of building the legal and structural frameworks needed as @wophafoundation continues to evolve. Balancing freedom and order while building an institution of a new kind is a challenge. At times, I missed the creative space that comes with writing and curating but felt empowered and started to reflect deeper, inspired by @madamekoyo , on my curatorial practice as institution building. This year also brought opportunities to mentor, advise, and collaborate with institutions while sharing knowledge along the way. Most importantly, I connected with a remarkable community of people who made this journey feel warm, welcoming, inspiring, and deeply supportive. To all of you, thank you. 🙏🏽 1. With @paulinevermare at the Brooklyn Museum during the WOPHA Research Workshop 📚 2. @wophafoundation team in New York 3–4. WOPHA Research Workshop at the Brooklyn Museum 5. @wophafoundation team with the Artists in Residence @katsthompson_ @nathyfa_michel_photo and @celiairinagonzalez 6–8. Encounters at the São Paulo Biennial with @larryosseimensah , Teresah Ankomah, @jennifer__inacio , @fcomaso , @adjani_okpu_egbe , @amyrosenblummartin and @sarasejinchang_vanderheide 🌍🎨 9. With @performervalsouza 🤍 10–12. With @fcomaso 13. With @danielequeiroz__ ✨ 14. With @thyago1234 15–16. Our first feijoada with friends 🥘 17. With @vicky_ismach at the book presentation Pidginization by @bonaventurendikung 18. @fcomaso and me 19. With collaborators and friends @amyrosenblummartin and @marievickles 20. With @rangsook at @theringling #aldeidedelgado

✨(II) Looking back on 2025 with gratitude for the people, encounters, and experiences that shaped a year of growth, exploration, and preparation for what lies ahead. This was a year marked by an intense amount of administrative work 👩🏽‍💻: writing grants, agreements, protocols, and exhibition proposals… I felt the weight of building the legal and structural frameworks needed as @wophafoundation continues to evolve. Balancing freedom and order while building an institution of a new kind is a challenge. At times, I missed the creative space that comes with writing and curating but felt empowered and started to reflect deeper, inspired by @madamekoyo , on my curatorial practice as institution building. This year also brought opportunities to mentor, advise, and collaborate with institutions while sharing knowledge along the way. Most importantly, I connected with a remarkable community of people who made this journey feel warm, welcoming, inspiring, and deeply supportive. To all of you, thank you. 🙏🏽 Photo 1. With @amandallinares , @edisonpenafielstudio , and @fcomaso at the opening of Concrete Façade at @dotfiftyone.gallery , for which I wrote the essay “Concrete Façade: Demystifying Truth in Photography.” ✍🏽 Photos 2, 5, 6. With @i.am.stung , @evferrer , and @fcomaso at @aipadphoto . Photo 3. With Camila Falquez at MoMA’s Forum on Contemporary Photography. Photo 4. Walking NY with @flashnine9 and @fcomaso . Photos 7–9. A special night at @theastergates ’s studio. Photo 10. Celebrating my best friend Ronny’s wedding. Photo 11. With @iberiaperez and @claudiaclaremi at the @thrdhrzn . Photo 12. @fcomaso and @alex_days_rays more than 20 years friendship. Photo 13. With @idurrealonso at the Getty. Photo 14. With @luisdejesuslosangeles and @la_jays_pics at the Getty. Photo 15. @carameganlewis and @alex_days_rays . 🤍 Photo 16. @fcomaso and I waiting at the airport after a 12+ hour flight delay. ✈️⏳😅 Photo 17. With @elinegrgs in Arles. Photo 18. Sharing the best paella we had in Arles with Maira Gamarra. 🥘 Photo 19. With @hiennhoangg in Arles. Photo 20. Celebrating my birthday with our @wophafoundation community. 🎂🎉💫

✨(I) Looking back on 2025 with gratitude for the people, encounters, and experiences that shaped a year of growth, exploration, and preparation for what lies ahead. This was a year marked by an intense amount of administrative work 👩🏽‍💻: writing grants, agreements, protocols, and exhibition proposals… I felt the weight of building the legal and structural frameworks needed as @wophafoundation continues to evolve. Balancing freedom and order while building an institution of a new kind is a challenge. At times, I missed the creative space that comes with writing and curating but felt empowered and started to reflect deeper, inspired by @madamekoyo , on my curatorial practice as institution building. This year also brought opportunities to mentor, advise, and collaborate with institutions while sharing knowledge along the way. Most importantly, I connected with a remarkable community of people who made this journey feel warm, welcoming, inspiring, and deeply supportive. To all of you, thank you. 🙏🏽 Photo 1: Sony World Photography Awards with @ychatap , @vicky_ismach , @isabttam , Manuel Sigrist, @monica.allende , and with the CREO team: Inbal Mizrahi, Vanda Ivančić, Hugo Ximenes, and @pollyandwhatnot . Photo 2: @fcomaso and I at @tate , visiting The 80s: Photographing Britain exhibition. Photo 3: @fcomaso and I at the @theringling , for @amyrosenblummartin ’s “Hinge”. Photo 4: Receiving Mario Algaze’s darkroom equipment for WOPHA, thanks to @sillizama and María Consuelo Delgado. Photo 5: Meeting with fellow member at @womeninphoto steering committee Jean Wainwright. Photo 6: Reuniting with one of my best friends, @erosenrico , after six years, at the @tate . Photo 7: Celebrating one of @nathalie_alfonso_studio ’s many wins this year. Photo 8–10. @icp Infinity Awards with @lebohang_kganye , @susanmeiselas , and @maggiehintonart . Photo 11–12, 16–17. @latinxprojnyu Party with @jvaldesart , @artyrocio , @bribakke , and @andreasofiarm . Photo 13-14: With @amyrosenblummartin @whitneymuseum Photo 15: With @anasamoylova @metmuseum Photo 18-20: With @yumigoto @worldphotoorg @omfgnoway #aldeidedelgado #wophafoundation #institutionbuilding #curatorialpractice

As we look back on 2025, we are filled with gratitude for a year shaped by learning, exchange, and community. We produced workshops at the Brooklyn Museum (@brooklynmuseum ) and Green Space Miami (@greenspacemiami ). Our Artist-in-Residence program celebrated its fifth anniversary. We launched Image Readings, opening our doors to new voices and inviting artists and community members to engage in dialogue with one another, among many other meaningful initiatives. None of this would have been possible without the institutions and individuals who believe deeply in our mission. We are especially grateful to the foundations that stood alongside us during a pivotal year and helped carry our vision forward through their generous support: the Green Family Foundation (@greenfforg ), the Mellon Foundation (@mellonfoundation ), and the Pérez CreARTE Grant from The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation(@perezfamilyfoundation ) at The Miami Foundation (@miamifoundation ). We are also thankful for more than three years of continued partnership with the Green Space Miami (@greenspacemiami ), El Espacio 23 (@elespacio23 ), The Betsy Hotel (@thebetsyhotel ), Pérez Art Museum Miami (@pamm ), The Green Family Foundation Caribbean Cultural Institute, and the Rubell Museum (@rubellmuseum ). Finally, and most importantly, we are grateful to our community, whose presence, curiosity, and commitment sustain everything we do. As we look ahead to 2026, we remain committed to strengthening WOPHA as the meeting place for photography in Miami and beyond through connection, critical dialogue, and collective imagination. Happy holidays! #WophaFoundation #PhotographyCommunity #WomenPhotographers