About the collection:
Apodaca, N.L. Mexico, 2005-2010. This image is part of a 5-year project called Suburbia Mexicana. I wanted to document the rapidly changing landscape around my home city of Monterrey. Thousands of these little houses were being built and sold through government subsidies creating a housing bubble that lasted 12 years. In the end entire suburbs were abandoned and many became areas of extreme violence, where the drug war was fought for years. Others flourished and became the dream of homeownership the government forcefully pushed on Mexicans for years.
About the artist:
Alejandro works with photography and video to explore issues of identity, place, and the environment. His work has been exhibited widely and is in the collections of major international museums.
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Suburbia Mexicana, Fragmented City #1
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