Flavia Gandolfo University of Texas, Austin Flavia Gandolfo came from Lima, Peru in 1992 to study at the MFA Program of the University of Texas at Austin. While getting her bachelor’s degree in History in Lima, she started to work in photography. Her main interest was to explore the visual representation of Peruvian idiosyncrasies, an experience which is now being translated within the context of the United States. In spite of the social differences between these two places, the search for images representing various human aspects from both cultures has established a continuous line through out her work. The result is several different photographic series showing the “universality” of some social phenomena. Her images are all portrait photographs representing diverse issues which are rooted in social and cultural identity.