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Raphael (Rafa) Orozco // San Ramon AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Themes: Ecosystem Biodiversity Community Engagement Education in Agriculture No Healthy Soil? No Coffee. Rafa, one of Bean Voyage’s Care Fellows, is 24 years old and studies engineering and forestry sciences at the National Technical University in Costa Rica. His focus is on agronomy, which isContinue reading “Coffee Portraits: Rafa”

Jacqueline Garbanzo// Valle Central AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Themes: Coffee Price Volatility Cooperative Governing Structures Community Empowerment Co-Existing: Coffee, Cooperatives, & Community Jackie Garbanzo is one of Bean Voyage’s Care Fellows. Her community zone is called Bustamante, which is located in the Central Valley—one of Costa Rica’s premier zones for producing fine quality coffee. Tarrazu,Continue reading “Coffee Portraits: Jackie and Flor”

Ana Lorena Jimenez // Vuelta de Jorco AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Themes: Independence and Resilience Gender Empowerment Meaningfulness in Coffee Coffee: The Giver of Life Ana Lorena is a woman coffee producer a part of Bean Voyage’s Care Training program. She is from a small community called Vuelta de Jorco, about an hour south ofContinue reading “Coffee Portraits: Ana Lorena”

AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G What is photography? This is a philosophical and complex question. To me, photography is a way of engaging with and being present in this world. It allows me to extend myself and share my perspective on the scenes that present themselves before me. Not only does photography demonstrate who I am,Continue reading “Presence”

AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Content: This photo series comprises 12 photographs taken over a four-month period at four different locations: Point Reyes and Lake Tahoe, California, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Chirripo, Costa Rica. Typically, my work includes an element or presence of human beings or their interactions, because I find people to be the mostContinue reading “Nature’s Orchestration”

Kendy Vega // Guanacaste Region AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Themes: Family Generational Farming Women and Youth in Coffee Mitigating Coffee Disease Coffee Struggles in a Family’s Paradise The meaning of coffee for Kendy Vega: Coffee has been very important to me. Since I was a little girl, my family has taught me the value ofContinue reading “Coffee Portraits: Kendy”

AF-S NIKKOR 24–70mm f/2.8G Coffee touches the lives of approximately 125 million people—from the producers at the bottom of the global coffee supply chain to the exporters of raw coffee beans to the specialty roasters to the marketers to the coffee drinkers. Over 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed globally every single day. TheContinue reading “Coffee in Time and Space”

22 coffee bags, acrylic paint, water, fresh espresso grounds, PVC pipes, blank cloth, tapestry, super glue, human subjects. We all live in a society where coffee is a highly sought-after commodity. Every day, about 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed in the world. We are all consumers living in a globalized country that playsContinue reading “Coffee Grounded Perceptions”

Hasselblad 1000F/ Ilford HP5 Plus 400 Speed/ 120 Film 11″ x 14″ Prints   Inspired by a fascination with ancient Greek sculptures. Individually processed in the dark room using dodge and burn techniques and various light exposures per print. Photographed subject in home created studio. To pose the subject into intimate yet dignified positions wasContinue reading “Grooves of the Human Anatomy”