Фотографиите са заснети по време
на участието ми в интерконтинентален проект по проблемите на миграциятa. Групата ни прекара в
Мексико три седмици, като имахме за основна задача да проучим как чрез средствата
на изкуството могат да се подпомогнат процесите на интеграция на мигранти.
Освен срещите които имахме, потърсих една по-широка картина на мексиканското
общество, до толкова доколкото имах контакт с него. Избрах метода на уличната
фотография, като спонтанна реакция на действителността.
Фотографския материал оставих да
отлежи преди да направя подбора и подредбата. В настоящата извадка кристализират
някои повтарящи се теми, които не съм търсил преднамерено – улична храна,
транспортен хаос, поклонничество към смъртта, детски труд, спящи на улицата
хора, постоянно присъствие на тежко въоръжена полиция…
В този контекст поставям няколко
снимки от центрове за помощ на мигранти, където използвах други методи на
снимане, поради изискването да запазя анонимността и достойнството на човека от
една страна, и все пак нуждата от портретуване в отделни случаи.
Изказвам специални благодарности
на Лоран Фестас и Станиела Атанасчева за възможността да бъда част от проекта и да реализирам този
фотографски опит.
Next photos are taken during my participation in
an intercontinental project on problems of migration. Our group was in Mexico for 3 weeks and our primary
goal was to study how we can help migrants integration using art forms. Apart of workshops we attended I was
searching for a broader view of Mexican society as it was possible for me. I’ve
chosen the method of street photography as spontaneous reaction of reality.
I left row photo material to mature for a while before I
start the selection work. Some repetitive themes crystallized during the process – street food, transportation
chaos, pilgrimage for dead, children’s labor, peoples sleeping on the street, omnipresence
of heavily armed police forces etc…
Among what I found on the streets I’ve put some
photos taken in migrant centers where I used different methods of shooting in
order to keep anonymity and human dignity of the photographed.
Special thanks to Laurent Festas and Staniela Atanascheva for providing
me the possibility to be part of the project!
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Street scene, Mexico city (CDMX)
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A guy is pointing a plastic pistol on me CDMX
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Street scene Old Town CDMX
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Street musician performs while peoples enjoying specialty coffee under a short rain
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Old Town CDMX
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A man sleeping under Revolution monument CDMX
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On the wall of traditional Pulque drink distillery, Old Town CDMX
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A pesero, micro or microbús is a form of public transport, most commonly seen in Mexico City.
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A scene in a Metro station CDMX
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Marketpace CDMX
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A man transporting three kids on a scooter
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Street food pavilion, Old Town CDMX
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Street scene Old Town CDMX
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| Street scene Old Town CDMX |
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Plaza Mexico is the largest bullfight arena in the world.CDMX
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Inside one of migrants help center, where guys are watching TV
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A migrant from Hunduras who lost his little son and tattoos himself to overcome the pain
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Highly secured homes in CDMX
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Entering a migrant helping center
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A migrant mother breastfeeding her kid while participating in art activities in the migrants center.
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A migrant kid participating in a photography workshop
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Part of Monte Alban Pyramids complex founded around 500 BC
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Street view from the back of pickup truck
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Riding on the back of pickup truck
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A street scene Oaxaca, Mexico
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| A street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| A street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| A street scene on the Marketplace Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| A street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| A street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| A street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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A boy is selling cigarettes on the Festival, Oaxaca, Mexico
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A street vendor showing his stock, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Street scene during the carnival Oaxaca, Mexico
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The blocked entrance of Oaxaca University during students occupation
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| A street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| A street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| A street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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A blind man is wandering around church's yard while the guard is maintaining shadow construction
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| A street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| Putting as much people as possible in the transport vehicle is common scene in Mexico. Oaxaca, Mexico |
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Street food pavilions are movable and getting transported by hand every evening and again in the morning. Oaxaca, Mexico
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| Oaxaca Mexico |
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| Art activities of a indigenous communities Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| Art activities of a indigenous communities Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| Street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| A view to The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| Street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| Street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| A jazz performer in a family owned restaurant Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| Street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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| Street scene Oaxaca, Mexico |
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Street scene Oaxaca, Mexico
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