MY STORIES

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FORGOTTEN

“Forgotten Series” depicts photographs of an abandoned correctional institution. Beauty was found in collapsed buildings covered with weeds and graffiti, and in deteriorated turquoise-colored doors. These vignettes caught my eye through color and perspective.  

Echoes of the Past

The Central Railway Station in Mérida, Yucatán, opened in 1920 but fell into disrepair during the 1990s. After being restored in 2007, it was repurposed as the Universidad de las Artes de Yucatán. As part of this transformation, students began creating shadow-like graffiti on the station’s weathered walls. These artworks were meant to evoke the station’s past as a bustling railroad hub, symbolizing the connection between different communities and the passage of time. To me, these worn, battered images which lingered through time, became like ghosts, giving life to the station's history and embodying the modernity of the past.

POMUCH

One Step: How I Got Here
Always haunted by the thought of death, a series of events over the past few years led me to be among the Dead of Pomuch. Here, the Mayan ritual of Choo Ba'ak (cleaning of the bones), transforms death into something natural, joyful, and deeply personal. In this cemetery, the warmth of tradition tempers the cultural shock of the unfamiliar, teaching me that death deserves tenderness—as it reminds us of the Now. Photography has become my way of embracing this ritual.

REBORN

Rwanda also sparked a strong feeling in me. I could not help notice the demeanor of Rwandans who radiated great optimism despite the years of genocide in the country. The portraits and street scenes depict an emerging society that hungers for progress and advancement. I was overwhelmed by the beauty in the red clay roads, the color of the open markets and the expressions of the people.

SENSITIVITY

You will teach them to fly, but they will not fly your flight. You will teach them to dream, but they will not dream your dream. You will teach them to live, but they will not live your life. Nevertheless, in every flight in every life, in every dream, the print of the way you taught them will remain - Mother Teresa