Of the photos in the exhibit, the story of Ieisha Evans peacefully protesting the death of Alton Sterling, shot at point-blank range by police officers in Louisiana, on July 5, 2016, is one of the most powerful
Read more
García Smarth was born in 1892 and began his career as a photographer in 1910
Read more
By MARK LORENZANA The visit of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to the collapsed El Pintabete coal mine in Mexico’s northern state of Coahuila — where, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 10 miners were trapped by the collapse and flooding of a well, and who are yet to be rescued — has added more despair, instead of comfort, to
Read more
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Most tourists and visitors to Mexico likely assume laws and customs are similar in here to their home countries. So what’s legal and what’s not when taking pictures or shooting video, especially in the context of younger generations documenting every move in life? The rules of the game are very different in Mexico when compared,
Read more
PULSE NEWS MEXICO An exhibition of 30 large-format photographs of Peru and Amazonia is slated to open on Friday, July 22, along Avenida Paseo de la Reforma along the Walk of the Friendly Cultures, located between the Ahuehuete Roundabout and Avenida Insurgentes. The images, which are being presented by the Peruvian Embassy in Mexico in cooperation with the Mexico City
Read more
PULSE NEWS MEXICO From possums to burrowing owls and an entire menagerie of indigenous creatures such as the Xochimilco axolotl (a type of footed salamander) and the cacomixtle (a ring-tailed raccoon), Mexico City is alive with a vast variety of wildlife. And to promote awareness and the protection of these unique native animal species, the Mexico City Culture Secretariat on
Read more