"Peralta has an incredible family legacy in photography, going back four generations to her great-grandfather, and with that comes a history of exploring new directions in photography as the technology changed; that is something she states proudly, so it is her personal decision to move the boundaries of photography via her work is entirely congruent. Peralta states that her work is influenced by and fuses both pre-Hispanic and contemporary culture to explore the meaning behind the concept of a portrait to push beyond more traditional notions of the genre. She deconstructs and then reconstructs her work with additions such as corn husks, agave cactus fibers, market bags, and copper thread to create portraits that are also 3-D objects."
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October 27, 2023
