2020-2026
This ongoing documentation of my mother’s homeland explores the customs, rituals, and traditions that continue to shape contemporary Mexico. From funerals and sacred cenotes to the rebirth ceremony of the temazcal, the work follows the exploration of altered states reached through indigenous mushroom knowledge in San José del Pacífico, the unique syncretic faith practiced in the church of San Juan Chamula in Chiapas, the sacred traditions surrounding peyote in the deserts of San Luis Potosí, and the explosive spectacle of the toritos (firework bulls) of Tultepec.
Los Toritos de Tultepec
Tultepec, Edomex, 2026
16mm film
Hailed as “the most dangerous festival in the world”