Women behind the lens: bending over backwards for luck

Colombian artist and photographer Isabella Madrid explores the click to be saved' economy of hope in her project, Lucky Girl Syndrome

Growing up in Colombia - and online - has defined the way I create art: my identity has been formed by a country riddled with superficial and conservative values; a happy country but also one of the most violent; a country where men pray to virgins and kill the ones who are not.

The internet felt like a safe space where I could be anyone - as a vulnerable young girl who felt out of place where I lived, it helped me define my personality and interests but it also alienated me from the real world and made me hyper aware of the way I looked and existed.

Isabella Madrid is a Colombian artist and photographer