About the Author

Santiago Londono Velez is a researcher, curator and active artist in his own right. Based in Medellin, Colombia, Velez has studied at Texas University and recently worked on fellowship at the Vermont Studio Centre. Benjamin Villegas was born in Bogota, Colombia in 1948. Working together with noted photographers and writers, he has been the creator, designer and publisher of over 100 illustrated books on different aspects of Colombian culture. An architectural graduate of Los Andes University in Bogota and a graphic designer with an honorary degree from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogota, he has also designed corporate logos for over 200 companies, directed journalistic programs on television and produced documentary films. His books have won outstanding national and international awards.