Livia Corona was born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. In 2001 she received a BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Corona recently published Enanitos Toreros (powerHouse Books, 2008). The book — with photographs, interviews and design by Corona — is a ten-year documentary on the personal and professional experiences of people with dwarfism who work as the famed Dwarf Bullfighters of Mexico. Currently, Corona is working on a feature film documentary about the Enanitos Toreros and the slowly evolving identity of dwarfism in modern society. Her follow-up photographic project, “Two Million Homes for Mexico,” is a long-term study that reflects on the experience of the individual within the massive tract home developments that are redefining notions of home and community for millions of people in Mexico. In 2008, with this project, Corona was winner of the Architecture Category of the Sony World Photography Award in Cannes, winner of the Architecture Category of the Paris Prix de la Photographie, a finalist for ING’s REAL Photography Award in Rotterdam, a nominee at the Lucie Awards for the “International Photographer of the Year” prize in New York, and a nominee for Mexico City’s XIII Bienal de Fotografia.
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