Resource October 18, 2016

Meet the Journalist: Natalie Keyssar

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A young pregnant woman in her room in El Carpintero, a section of Petare, Caracas one of the largest Barrios in Latin America. Venezuela
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In post-Chavez Venezuela, as an economic and political crisis threatens to plunge the country even...

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A National Police officer behind a riot shield is pushed backward by a crush of demonstrators during the March of the Empty Pots in Caracas in 2014, which coincided with International Women’s Day. Image by Natalie Keyssar. Venezuela, 2014.
A National Police officer behind a riot shield is pushed backward by a crush of demonstrators during the March of the Empty Pots in Caracas in 2014, which coincided with International Women’s Day. Image by Natalie Keyssar. Venezuela, 2014.

Venezuela is in the grips of an economic crisis causing food and medicine shortages and rampant insecurity. Amid political deadlock, Natalie Keyssar's project documents the struggles but also the beauty of daily life amid worsening conditions at an uncertain moment for the oil rich country in the wake of the death of Hugo Chavez.

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