An arte project of Laura Reiman
Laura paints cocoa farmers and chocolate makers from all over the world with pure chocolate on canvas. She wants to make the faces behind the chocolate we consume visible with this collection of painted chocolate portraits. Just like human beings, the chocolate they are painted with ages, transforms, sometimes gets damaged. It makes the portraits vulnerable. But most of all the portraits show human beings from all parts of the world with their own dreams, life struggles and aspirations; all connected through chocolate.On this page the portraits of cocoa farmers and chocolate makers of brands that ClearChox represents are shown. It shows that the chocolate brands that Clearchoxwork represents are so transparent that we actually have access to pictures of the cocoa farmers they work with. They are ableto give us their names , sometimes their age, the place they live and in some cases even how many children or grandchildren they have! The collection is still growing so more portraits will be added over time.
Georg Bernardini – Georgia Ramon, Duitsland, Chocolatier, co-founder Georgia Ramon. Fransisco, cacao Farmer, Kuná, Ecuador Gisella Caseido, owner, cacao famer, Rancho Grande, Ecuador Jiri Stesjkal – Jordi’s, Tschechische Republik, Chocolatier, Mitbesitzer Jordi’s. Jose Nicolas Velez Mantilla – Hoja Verde, Ecuador, Mitbegründer Hoja Verde. Luis Leon – Kuná, Ecuador, Chocolatier, Kakaobauer, Begründer Kuná. María Cuastumal, founder and director of COPROCAGUAMUEZ, Putumayo, Colombira. Produces for Tibito Olmedo Castro – Hoja Verde, Ecuador, cocoa farmer. Ramona Gustman – Georgia Ramon, Deutschland, Co-founder Georgia Ramon. Maheswari, cacao farmer, Soklet, India