Why “When looking at Mexico, Mexico looks back” Real Mexico

These words are found in the introduction of San Miguel de Alende resident Janet SternburgPhotography Book. I saw them striking: “In Mexico, it lives so much.”

“So much photography is about isolation, and in its uniqueness, its dangerous character.

The book of sternburg, Looking at Mexico, Mexico looks back The perfect example of this is a beautiful example of both cultural and bilingual cooperation. Although the photos are her, the commentary is a friend painted by her photos: Jose Alberto Romeo Romano.

This is a part of making the book very unique. First, all commentaries are given in both English and Spanish. Second, a person from the commentary Mexico sees the pictures as foreign and strange things, but familiar. Romero’s poetry prose – sometimes description, sometimes the stream of consciousness – provides a spectacular scene about the feelings and interactions behind the images.

In the world full of AI pictures and resort Livin’s shiny publications, it is refreshing to see the scenes unite. Throughout the book, the walls stand. People go about their business. The objects sit on the surfaces. The lessons of the photos do what they want, regardless of the camera. When you come to the field of photography, “leaving things” can be a serious act.

This book does not allow Mexico’s concept to consume by a caricature: no smiling child with the right teeth is not properly formed Handicrafts Before a lung green background. There is no copy of marketing “the top ten reasons to go to Mexico”. These photos and commentary are simply “pieces of life”.

Below are some parts of my favorite photos:

“When I was a boy in the rain, my grandmother would wipe me up. I remember the water on the ground. These bands “”Scales ” They are the most common of Mexican. At first a child they are big and tough, but it changes with time. After they have been used for a while, they become softened and their name changes ”Beginning. ” Now they have become part of our identity. They make us feel the connection to Mexican. ”

“This man is not a warrior. He is a dancer, he is a taxi driver during the day. But when he wears this mask, the crocodile speaks through him. This gives him power. ”

“It’s very personal. For the person who created it, it does not matter who wants it. Although others think this is terrible, he does not care about it. “What is this I Like. “It’s not a car, it is his unique sign. ”

“My grandmother is doing the same. It is not as if she normally sticks a photo in a frame. She puts twenty or thirty small photos on the side of a picture. After the birth of our son at home, my wife felt tired. My grandmother remembered how it felt when she had her baby, and gave my wife a traditional solution to restore the energy of her body and soul. She said, ‘Bath with flowers’. It worked. My wife came well. She was accepted by my grandmother. This is why my wife’s photo is included in others. My grandmother said to the virgin, ‘Please take care of my son, his wife and child.’

“The tree, which was attacked by lights, was wounded. But it has healed itself. It’s alive. In this photo, I can see a turning point. In one moment, the structure of a bolt tree can be transformed into a tree. The world changes before and after lights. It is like life, the moment a baby is born then changes everything. ”

“Like a telescope, this window is another portal. The moment of a photo is the moment you open your heart. This is a picture at the end; This is a picture of returning. Now you are going through the portal. Baby, I, in a rain, wiped out, too. ”

Someone who has never felt comfortable with all the shiny promotion of Mexico, in fact, often appears to be breeze beyond the experiences of the residents, and I was delighted to take the peak of something that was really real.

The book is now living on my coffee table, and the world’s instagramapulation is ready to take and browse when it feels a very strong power.

To look at Mexico differently, take it.

Sarah Devris A writer and translator of Varagruz’s Salaba. Can access her through her website, Sarahvris.Sapstag.com.