The exhibition of 27 photographs taken by 9 underwater photographers from the local group Chango Nautas, will be exhibited in the Irma Salas Silva Central Library of the university between August 5 and 9.

With the aim of providing a space for cultural dissemination to the university community, the Library System of the University of La Serena inaugurated last Monday, August 5, an exhibition of underwater photography by the local group Chango Nautas, an occasion where, In addition, Marcelo Rojas, one of its members, gave the talk “The challenge of capturing the beauty of the sea”, in which he explained the challenges and difficulties of taking photographs under the sea.

This exhibition is made up of 27 photographs taken by 9 photographers from the regional group, which capture various postcards regarding the life, often unknown, that exists on the seabed of the city of Coquimbo.

The Head of the ULS Library System, Héctor García, referred to the importance for this unit of being able to manage activities of this type. “These activities allow the library to connect with the community of the Coquimbo Region and enhance this space as a learning center, where students not only learn through books, but also through various cultural activities,” he indicated.

Marcelo Rojas, photographer of the Chango Nautas group, thanked spaces such as those provided by the university to disseminate this work to the rest of the community. “It is super important that the University can contribute with these spaces to the community, that various types of knowledge can be shared. It is a success to use spaces like the library and open them to the community so that they can be part of different cultural instances,” he highlighted.

The invitation is to visit this exhibition, which will be open in the Irma Salas Silva Central Library of the university until next Friday, August 9, to later be presented for a week in the new Reading Room of the Andrés Campus Beautiful.

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom