Our student received the jury’s recognition with “905”, a very personal project developed as her final degree project. This is how the author herself explains it:
“I grew up in Cota 905, a neighborhood where violence is part of everyday life, just as in my family, marked by wounds no one wants to name, by silences, and by a legacy we never asked for, but still have to carry.
When I left Venezuela, distance allowed me to see everything from another perspective. I began to wonder to what extent we are really family: do biological ties determine our relationship? Does distancing myself from my family make me a bad person? In what way can I understand or improve my position in the family environment in which I grew up?
Everything I show here is born from my memory, from photographs, archival documents, staged reconstructions, and still lifes of objects marked by violence.
Each story is a fragment of that family system crossed by machismo, homophobia, submission, violence, addictions, precariousness, and abandonment.
Cota 905 is not just the setting, it is the place where I learned to survive. Now, at last, I want to talk about it.”
As the winner of the contest, Jocksangely received the professional printing of her portfolio and a Fujifilm X-Half camera, courtesy of Fujifilm. In addition, a copy of her project has become part of the Foto Colectania collection, ensuring its preservation and future dissemination.
With its 2025 edition, The Projector reaffirms itself as one of the most relevant competitions for giving visibility to the new generations of photographers, offering a unique space for experimentation and the discovery of new talent. Congratulations, Jocksangely, on this well-deserved award!
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