Alejandro cartagena hasn't picked up a camera in six years His old — and new — work is on display at sfmoma until april 19. While some photographs portray the physical border itself, the series as a whole explores its broader cultural, economic and psychological impact Living in mexico since the age of 13, cartagena reflected on his life in the. The photograph by mexican photographer alejandro cartagena depicts exactly its title, a woman, a mother, behind the wall that devises the united states and mexico. Alejandro cartagena lives and works in monterrey, mexico.
Here, cartagena frames the photograph so that the border appears as if it cuts the landscape in two.
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