Working The Night Shift For Mexico City’s Bloody Crime Tabloids
Category: Photography
Photography
Here is a collection of some photos I’ve taken over the past few years.
Mexico may be known for its boxers but rarely are those women. But despite deep-rooted machismo in the country, a growing number of women are stepping into the ring.
Mexico may be known for its boxers but rarely are those women. But despite deep-rooted machismo in the country, a growing number of women are stepping into the ring.
Mexico may be known for its boxers but rarely are those women. But despite deep-rooted machismo in the country, a growing number of women are stepping into the ring.
Mexico may be known for its boxers but rarely are those women. But despite deep-rooted machismo in the country, a growing number of women are stepping into the ring.
Mexico may be known for its boxers but rarely are those women. But despite deep-rooted machismo in the country, a growing number of women are stepping into the ring.
A woman is overcome by emotion while celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe day in Mexico City (2016). Pilgrims come from all over the country – often by foot – to the Basilica de Guadalupe in the capital.
David Alvarado works the night shift for la nota roja (crime tabloids) in Mexico City.
David Alvarado works the night shift for la nota roja (crime tabloids) in Mexico City.
David Alvarado works the night shift for la nota roja (crime tabloids) in Mexico City.
David Alvarado works the night shift for la nota roja (crime tabloids) in Mexico City.
David Alvarado works the night shift for la nota roja (crime tabloids) in Mexico City.
Chronic childhood malnutrition in Guatemala: Two year old Arazeli is weighed. At just 16lb, she is dangerously underweight for her age.
Like half of Guatemalan children, Jose is physically stunted due to malnutrition. At almost 3 years old, he is 10cm shorted than he should be.
Gay pride march, Mexico City 2016. The capital city is relatively progressing in terms of LGBTQ rights, but members of the community still face high risks of discrimination and violence. This annual march is a rare space for people to vividly show their colours without fear of repercussions.
Gay pride march, Mexico City 2016. The capital city is relatively progressing in terms of LGBTQ rights, but members of the community still face high risks of discrimination and violence. This annual march is a rare space for people to vividly show their colours without fear of repercussions.
Gay pride march, Mexico City 2016. The capital city is relatively progressing in terms of LGBTQ rights, but members of the community still face high risks of discrimination and violence. This annual march is a rare space for people to vividly show their colours without fear of repercussions.
Gay pride march, Mexico City 2016. The capital city is relatively progressing in terms of LGBTQ rights, but members of the community still face high risks of discrimination and violence. This annual march is a rare space for people to vividly show their colours without fear of repercussions.
Couples dance to pounding ‘technobrega’ – a music based on ripped-off pop songs that’s become extremely popular in Northern Brazil.
A migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, filled with Haitian migrants waiting to cross into the US.
Kids play in a park during Garifuna Landing Day celebrations in Belize.
Kids play in a park during Garifuna Landing Day celebrations in Belize.
A Guatemalan girl clings to her mother’s leg at a migrant shelter in Mexico while waiting to find out if they can continue their journey towards the US.
Families watch and wait for news of missing loved ones by a building that collapsed in Mexico City’s 2017 earthquake.
Secret Mexican diary sheds light on Spanish Inquisition
Story link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40029453
A story of torture, betrayal and persecution is captivating Mexicans almost 500 years after it happened.
The dramatic life and death of the Carvajal family in 16th-Century Mexico is in the spotlight after a decades-long search for a national treasure came to an unexpected happy ending.
Luis de Carvajal “The Young” came to Mexico – then known as New Spain – with his large, well-to-do family during the early colonisation of the Americas.
His family governed part of northern Mexico and soon made enemies, including a power-hungry viceroy keen to topple them from power.
The ambitious viceroy discovered that Luis de Carvajal was a practising Jew, a crime punishable by death in the times of the Spanish Inquisition
Older relatives had urged Luis de Carvajal to convert to Catholicism for his own safety, but he staunchly stuck to his faith…
(go to BBC website for full story)
PHOTOS Clown Convention in Mexico City – Al Jazeera
Photos and text for Al Jazeera
The 21st Latin American convention comes amid reports of clown attacks that has brought bad name to professional clowns.
Hundreds of clowns have donned their biggest shoes to join the 21st Latin American clown convention in Mexico City. The convention has attracted participants from 14 countries around the region to take part in events such as make-up competitions and to learn extreme balloon twisting. But there’s a shadow hanging over their painted smiles this year: the trend of menacing clowns threatening the public around the US, Canada and the UK has now hit Mexico. People dressed as sinister clowns have been spotted scaring the public in various spots around the country. In retaliation, groups of clown hunters have cropped up on social media, sometimes writing aggressive threats to all clowns.
Al Jazeera caught up with the clowns to find out more.
Mexican clown feet.
450 clowns gathered this year for the Latin American annual convention. This year their worries about the ‘killer clown’ fad affecting their livelihood has been a dominant theme. Here they’re posing for a group photo
Jose Antonio Larraga Montes, ‘clown Leperony Bombom’, looks at his Facebook account to see the latest threats put out by clown-hunting groups. He’s afraid they’ll try to hurt him and says that now going out in his clown costume has become stressful.
A prestigious highlight of the annual clown convention is the make up and costume competition. Clowns watch each other parade and explain their personas.
Many of the clowns have family members in the same profession and brought their clown-clad children along.
Clowns come to Mexico from 14 countries in Latin America to take part in the annual convention. Alvaro Patzan, ‘Yompiss’, travelled from Guatemala to join the festivities for the first time.
450 clowns gathered this year for the Latin American annual convention. This year their worries about the ‘killer clown’ fad affecting their livelihood has been a dominant theme. Here they’re posing for a group photo
The clown community uses the event as a time to trade tricks of the trade and show off their costumes.
Jose Antonio Larraga Montes, ‘clown Leperony Bombom’, looks at his Facebook account to see the latest threats put out by clown-hunting groups. He’s afraid they’ll try to hurt him and says that now going out in his clown costume has become stressful.
Many of the clowns are upset to be associated with the wave of ‘killer clowns’ around North America and the UK. They told Al Jazeera they hope people can tell the difference because they wear professional make up rather than the marks being worn by people dressing as ‘killers clowns’.
Although clowning may have gone out of fashion in many parts of the world, not here. It’s not uncommon to see clowns performing around the streets of Mexico City. They often do tricks at traffic lights or on public buses. During a mini-parade around central Mexico City, some of the clowns broke off to walk around and chat with members of the public
Although clowning may have gone out of fashion in many parts of the world, not here. It’s not uncommon to see clowns performing around the streets of Mexico City. They often do tricks at traffic lights or on public buses. During a mini-parade around central Mexico City, some of the clowns broke off to walk around and chat with members of the public
450 clowns gathered this year for the Latin American annual convention. This time around their worries about the ‘killer clown’ fad affecting their livelihood has become a dominant theme. Here they’re posing for a group photo.
As the clowns compete for best costume and make up design, they all dress to impress. Some got up at 4am to get their outfits ready. This clown judge wears a typical oversize Mexican sombrero as part of his persona.
Clown feet…
Clowns Protest in Mexico City – Al Jazeera
Video production, text and photography for Al Jazeera.
The 21st Latin American convention comes amid reports of clown attacks that have brought bad name to professional clowns.
Hundreds of clowns have donned their biggest shoes to join the 21st Latin American clown convention in Mexico City.
The convention has attracted participants from 14 countries around the region to take part in events such as make-up competitions and to learn extreme balloon twisting.
But there’s a shadow hanging over their painted smiles this year: the trend of menacing clowns threatening the public around the US, Canada and the UK has now hit Mexico.
People dressed as sinister clowns have been spotted scaring the public in various spots around the country.
In retaliation, groups of clown hunters have cropped up on social media, sometimes writing aggressive threats to all clowns.
Al Jazeera caught up with the clowns to find out more
See more photos here.
March in Mexico City for 43 Disappeared Students
Mother of a disappeaered child peers out from handkerchiefs embroidered with details of missing Mexicans woven together.
Protestors march along Avenida Reforma, Mexico City
Protestors march along Avenida Reforma, Mexico City
Protestor dressed in posters for missing Mexicans
Protestors march along Avenida Reforma, Mexico City
Protestors run to catch up with the march, Mexico City
Protestors march along Avenida Reforma, Mexico City
Protestors march along Avenida Reforma, Mexico City
Protestors march along Avenida Reforma, Mexico City
A protestor dressed as Frida Kahlo in mourning
Protestors march with a banners saying ‘Enough’
After 43 student went missing in Guerrero state during clashes with police and alleged cartel members on September 26th, thousands of protestors took over Mexico City’s centre demanding their safe return. Chanting ‘Vivos se los llevaron, vivos los queremos’ (‘They were taken alive, we want them back alive’), many also called for President Enrique Pena Nieto’s resignation in response to this attack and the estimated 25, 000+ people who have gone missing since 2006.
Copy, Cut, Paste: Technobrega
Story for Makeshift magazine, a Field Guide to Hidden Creativity For the full story, please subscribe to Makeshift: http://mkshft.org/issue-eight/ Abstract: Belem’s producers mix international pop songs with local beats to attract big crowds and new jobs. It’s 2 a.m. in the wet heat of one of Belem’s countless weekly raves. Like most nights in this northern city, loud, thick beats…
Guatemala
Photos taken while filming for the documentary ‘Blessed Fruit of the Womb’
