Tzotzil

The Tzotzil are an indigenous Maya people of the central Chiapas highlands in southern Mexico.  As of 2000, they numbered about 290,000. The municipalities with largest Tzotzil population are Chamula (48,500), San Cristóbal de las Casas (30,700), and Zinacantan (24,300), in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The Tzotzil language, like Tzeltal and Ch’ol, is descended from the proto-Ch’ol spoken in the late classic period at sites such as Palenque and Yaxchilan.  The word tzotzil originally meant “bat people” or “people of the bat” [...]

EVA THE SINNER

About the Artist As one looks upon the works of Italian photographer Monia Tartarini one senses an understated elegance within the perfection of her carefully poised imagery. A delicate intuition for color and light is revealed through these compositions as the artist captures her large scale digital photographs. Specializing in environmental and studio portraiture, Tartarini [...]