Trapped
Troubled Souls in Eerie Times
The pandemic serves as background to this story of human life and dynamics in a period of great individual and global uncertainty. From self portraits taken at the height of the lockdown to street photography in New York, Europe and Argentina, Trapped seeks to capture human feelings during these challenging times of social disruption and personal anxiety.
Ximena Echagüe is a Belgian-Argentine documentary & street photographer based in Brussels and traveling around the world. Echagüe’s photographic works have been included in numerous exhibitions worldwide, and has been published by outlets such as The New York Times, BBC News, Washington Post, Fotografiska, Leica Fotografie International, National Geographic, and many more. Echagüe was curator, juror, producer and mentor of Women Street Photographers, founded by Gulnara Samoilova based in New York.