Cali Tag

Kurt Hollander takes to the streets of Cali to capture the 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 lots of of plastic surgeons. More people travel to Colombia for operations than anywhere else on the earth, nearly all of them heading to Cali, and with annual profits of hundreds of thousands of dollars the town has change into referred to 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 ladies...

Kurt Hollander takes to the streets of Cali to capture the 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 the earth, the vast majority of them heading to Cali, and with annual profits of tens of millions of dollars the town has develop into often called Colombia’s ‘Silicone’ Valley. And it’s not only the foreigners keeping the industry going. Colombia ranks third on the earth for essentially the most variety of surgeries per capita, and the...