WORKS IN PROGRESS

Steel Amid the Fire

In 2014, New York–based photographer traveled to Venezuela to document a growing wave of antigovernment protests. She immediately fell in love with the country, and what began as a routine news assignment grew into an ongoing photo series, (“Make Me a Little Miracle”). Named for a song about revered Venezuelan saint Maria Lionza, the series focuses primarily on the situation from a woman’s perspective. While acknowledging that she will never fully understand the Venezuelan experience, Keyssar hopes that her photos reflect “a complexity and humanity and sense of reverence for beauty that