Mexico: a cookbook in memory of the missing

Zahara Gómez dreamed of being a “male photographer”. She says it herself, in masculine, on purpose. She imagined herself recording the war, bringing true to light, and changing the world with an image. But when she began taking photos, she realized that her way was...

The Maroons and Their Fandango

The fandango is an ancient Spanish dance in wich castanets are used, and that arrived, just like enslaved people, to America. The maroon (cimarrón) is a rebellious soul that runs away from the control of “his masters” and decide to grow in liberty. From this...

Editorial Gato Negro: Small is Beautiful

Gato Negro Ediciones is a small publishing house based in Mexico with international distribution. Made up of a team of three people, in the last six years they have built a catalog of about 150 titles, full of strange jewels ranging from photobooks to essays and...

The Daily Life of Poppy Growers

 The poppy is cultivated in the mountains of the State of Guerrero, which will later become heroin. But daily life there has nothing to do with the narco universe: it is the same as that of any rural Mexican community. There are no pickups or armed people on the...