First edition of Suburbia Mexicana by Alejandro Cartagena (2011).

First impression

Medium format hard cover in new condition.

Pages clean, binding firm

About

Alejandro Cartagena photographs the homes, rivers, ruins, riches and inhabitants of the suburbs of Monterrey, Mexico. These beautifully quiet color photographs are stark documents of the chaos and destruction that result from misguided urban planning. Suburbia Mexicana is a visual portrait of neoliberal economic policies, and a plea for responsible development in a rapidly changing world.

Alejandro Cartagena lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. His projects employ landscape and portraiture as a means to examine social, urban and environmental issues. His work has been exhibited internationally and is in the collections of several museums including the SFMOMA, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Museum of Fine arts Houston, the Portland Museum of Art, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Rio, Brazil, the Fototeca de Nuevo Leon, Mexico and the Fototeca Nacional in Pachuca, Mexico.