Research & Campaigns
Through photographs of mercados in Guadalajara, Jalisco, I examine the relationship between agricultural biodiversity, Indigenous foodways, and globalization. The project considers how cross-border trade and the economic transformations surrounding NAFTA have reshaped the availability and visibility of Indigenous crops, while also examining the resilience of local markets in preserving agricultural diversity and cultural knowledge.
The second phase moves from the mercado to the farm, beginning in Maneadero, Baja California. Through photographic documentation and community-based research, I am examining farming techniques, land ownership, stewardship, labor, and the systems of packaging and transportation that prepare Mexican produce for the U.S. market. The project also investigates the economic pressures placed on Mexican farmers, including the undervaluing of produce and the rejection of agricultural goods at the U.S. border.
Catedral Metropolitana de Guadalajara.
This image captures the 2025 Women’s Rights March. The words, “long live love between bitches”, is spray painted on a ramp to the Cathedral in Guadalajara.
The illuminated display of meat and cheese accompanied by the tattered and repaired bike seat capture the quiet amongst the lively essence of Guadalajara's largest mercado.
Virginia welcomes us into her kitchen as she tells us the formative stories from the sharing of food that have connected her late husband and children through loss and political change.
This woman, who requested to remain anonymous, stands at her storefront with pride as she adorns her kitchen in prayers thanking Jesus for her abundance and fruitful forthcomings.
Covering a story on the evolution of dancing shoes throughout Jalisco, I portrayed the industry's growth aside tradition through the silent recognition of a linear Huarache display in one of Jalisco's oldest Zapateria.
Señora Membrillo exhibits her storefront, previously owned by her mother and passed forth to her as she continues the legacy of, "Dulce de Membrillo", a traditional candy made with fruit grown on the Municipio de Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.
La violencia no es normal, los incendios no son nada, gente quemada hasta morir, negocios destruidos, familiares desaparecidos, el narcotráfico no es México. L@s Mexican@s nos acostumbramos a buscar paz en la mentira de que si no nos mentemos no nos meten y no nos matan. No hay que acostumbrarnos a lo que no debería ser costumbre. Les insisto que vean la realidad entera. El cartel dispara con balas estadounidenses en tierra mexicana. El problema no se detiene a la frontera, los mexicanos no tienen la culpa, el sistema corrupto fue construido y sigue siendo alimentado por ambos gobiernos. Rezo por todos quienes perdieron sus vidas, familiares, negocios, hogares y consuelo. Protejámonos uno al otro y que no vuelva a pasar.