As visually dynamic as they are politically incisive, his photographs prompt viewers to question the systems that shape our world. Here, cartagena frames the photograph so that the border appears as if it cuts the landscape in two. Alejandro cartagena hasn't picked up a camera in six years
His old — and new — work is on display at sfmoma until april 19. Alejandro cartagena lives and works in monterrey, mexico. While some photographs portray the physical border itself, the series as a whole explores its broader cultural, economic and psychological impact
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.
