Photographic Exhibition “Beautiful Plains of Venezuela” by Rodrigo Benavides

Photographic Exhibition “Beautiful Plains of Venezuela” by Rodrigo Benavides

Date: Thursday 14th April

Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Venue: Institut Kajian Oksidental (IKON), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor

Contact: 03 2163 3444 / 3445 (Embassy of Venezuela)

The exhibition includes a selection of images taken over a period of eleven years in five Venezuelan states comprised of flat lands. According to Benavides, it shows the "open landscape captured in all its dimensions, which invites the viewer to see life in a particular way: the horizon is the key element, which everything is connected to. Hot weather, rainfall, birds, animals, fire, clouds, the earth cracked by drought and some symbols that speak of human presence; it’s a place that makes you overwhelmed".

After studying in London, Paris and Barcelona, he founded and is currently the director of Photosensitive, a photography workshop and place for training (http://www.fotosensible.org)