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September 2024

27 Sep

Documenting the sweetness ideals of Cali, Colombia’s cosmetic surgery

Documenting the sweetness ideals of Cali, Colombia’s cosmetic surgery
Kurt Hollander takes to the streets of Cali to capture town’s cosmetic architecture and the physical manifestations of the influence of cosmetic surgery on the culture Cali, the state capital of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, is home to a whole bunch of plastic surgeons. More people travel to Colombia for operations than anywhere else on this planet, the vast majority of them heading to Cali, and with annual profits of hundreds of thousands of dollars town has grow to be generally known as Colombia’s ‘Silicone’ Valley. And it’s not only the foreigners keeping the industry going. Colombia ranks third in the world for probably the most variety of surgeries per capita, and the...
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