The Dominican Republic-born photographer on documenting people’s travel habits in Monterrey, Mexico
The habits of ordinary people can be beautiful. If you wait around long enough, you might capture mundane movements and banal images of everyday life. Do it persistently and a pattern will emerge, a red thread of human behaviour will be visible. Visual poetry. It might not be how photographer Alejandro Cartagena describes his work but for all intents and purposes that’s what he’s in the business of creating. Born in the Dominican Republic but based in Mexico, Cartagena has spent the last few years documenting the travel habits of the people of Monterrey, a city in the North-East corner of Mexico. Shooting cars and trucks as they drive to work in the morning, Cartagena has been able to capture a stunning snapshot of what is probably the least exciting moment of their day. Still, the colours, texture and faces of the people, mixed with the contemporary idea of customising vehicles and the wide array of objects on display in the trucks, make for arresting imagery.
The habits of ordinary people can be beautiful. If you wait around long enough, you might capture mundane movements and banal images of everyday life. Do it persistently and a pattern will emerge, a red thread of human behaviour will be visible. Visual poetry. It might not be how photographer Alejandro Cartagena describes his work but for all intents and purposes that’s what he’s in the business of creating. Born in the Dominican Republic but based in Mexico, Cartagena has spent the last few years documenting the travel habits of the people of Monterrey, a city in the North-East corner of Mexico. Shooting cars and trucks as they drive to work in the morning, Cartagena has been able to capture a stunning snapshot of what is probably the least exciting moment of their day. Still, the colours, texture and faces of the people, mixed with the contemporary idea of customising vehicles and the wide array of objects on display in the trucks, make for arresting imagery.
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