In Natura Animalis. Photographs by Tatiana Parcero, the artist invites us to reflect on our responsibility as a species to protect the territory we inhabit. Her holistic vision integrates the human body with water, flora, and fauna, establishing a relationship of mutual care. Her works emerge from a desire to approach the animal and plant kingdoms, exploring their beauty, history, and vulnerability. Through encounters with different species and landscapes, she questions humanity's relationship with its environment and its responsibility in the face of nature's growing threats.

In her series Natura Animalis (2012), the artist approaches non-human animals to reflect on our own dynamics and on the fragility of existence. Care becomes a way of inhabiting the world, recognizing that we share the planet with beings whose territories and life cycles depend on human actions. The artist shows us that human beings do not exist in isolation from their surroundings, but rather as part of a shared web of life.

Fin y Principio (2008–2012) is a series in which the artist places herself at the center of a horizon in the Argentine Pampas, emphasizing her autonomy within the landscape while also integrating herself into it. In Fin y Principio #11 (2008), she superimposes illustrations of bean germination cross-sections onto the photographs, clearly referencing her Mexican identity. The Pampas landscape is under threat from the expansion of soybean monoculture, which destroys native plant species and animal biodiversity. Likewise, climate change seriously threatens bean production in Mexico, as insufficient rainfall directly affects crop productivity and food security.

The artist's works connect to community ecofeminism, which articulates the concept of territory-body-earth to describe the consequences of pollution, desertification, and the disruption of ecological and social networks on bodies—particularly women's and children's as a result of neoliberal extractivism. To change the course of the environmental crisis we are facing, we must stop seeing ourselves as superior to or separate from nature, recognize our limitations, and move beyond a culture of patriarchal domination that exploits both people and the environment.

Natura Animalis. Tatiana Parcero's photographs seek to raise awareness of the ecological crisis, challenging us to move toward a more reflective and sustainable humanity. 

María Laura Rosa