Tag: Mexico
On my evening commute one November evening, I was rushing to catch the M at the Delancey/Essex Street subway station when deep house music booming across the F train platform caught my attention and compelled me to stop. I descended down the stairs to see two guys sporting Luche Libre masks, one banging on drum […]
Just as the prohibition of alcohol fueled the rise of the mafia in the late 1920s, the current federal laws against weed emboldens organized crime domestically and in Mexico. Duh, right? However, there’s one thing that appears to be chipping away at that power structure — and it’s not national guard troops on the southern […]
Yarn-bombing artist Olek is in trouble for crocheting an underwater sculpture off the coast of Mexico. Wearing scuba gear, the artist dove into Cancun’s Underwater Museum and encased a sculpture in yarn, making it look like a colorful, fuzzy bomb. The profusely self-documented stunt was made in an effort to raise awareness for environmental causes. The artist failed to consider her […]
In Mexico, drug traffickers have theme songs. With an AK 47 and a bazooka on my shoulder Cross my path and I’ll chop your head off We’re bloodthirsty, crazy, and we like to kill In Narco Cultura, filmmaker Shaul Schwarz explores the culture born of “the war on drugs,” the extreme violence it fuels Mexico and […]
Born and raised in Mexico City, Carlos Alvarez Montero uses his camera to capture the complexities of Mexican gang culture like no one else. It’s not surprising that his work has been featured in international exhibitions and publications like The Fader, Vice, Time Magazine, Newsweek, and Harper’s Baazar México. The eye-popping colors of the Mexican landscapes juxtaposed with the […]
When it comes to Mexico’s drug cartel crisis, we rarely hear any news that’s short of devastating. Canadian photojournalist Brett Gundlock, however, tells the incredible story of one small village’s victory against the cartels through his series La Puebla seen on Wired. After successfully driving away a cartel-backed group of loggers who’d completely destroyed their surrounding forest, […]
