Alejandro Cartagena

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Alejandro Cartagena (born 1977) is a Dominican Republic-born Mexican photographer. [1] His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, [2] Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, [3] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, [1] and Santa Barbara Museum of Art. [4] Cartagena has been shortlisted for the 2021 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. [5]

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Work

Cartagena is interested in the "effects of suburban sprawl on population growth and the environment in his home city" of Monterrey, Mexico. For Carpoolers (2014) he photographed construction workers from above, travelling to work along Mexican Federal Highway 85 in the back of their contractors' trucks, in 2011. Highway 85 links the city centre and its wealthier parts with the surrounding suburban sprawl. [6]

Publications

Books of work by Cartagena

Other publications by Cartagena

Awards

Collections

Cartagena's work is held in the following permanent collections:

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Museum of Contemporary Photography". www.mocp.org. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  3. 1 2 "Works | Alejandro Cartagena | People | the MFAH Collections".
  4. 1 2 "Works - Alejandro CARTAGENA - Artists - eMuseum". collections.sbma.net. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  5. ↑ O'Hagan, Sean (10 November 2020). "This year's Deutsche Börse prize shortlist is fascinating – but is it photography?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  6. ↑ Booth, Hannah (24 February 2012). "The big picture: Car Poolers, by Alejandro Cartagena". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  7. 1 2 "What Happens When the American Dream of Homeownership Reaches Mexico?". Aperture. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  8. ↑ "Time Picks the Best Photobooks of 2014". Time. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  9. ↑ Rosenberg, David (13 February 2013). "Spying on Mexico's Carpoolers". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  10. ↑ McCann, Matt (27 June 2012). "Piling in a Flatbed to Get By in the Suburbs". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  11. ↑ "Alejandro Cartagena". 1000wordsmag.com. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  12. ↑ Feuerhelm, Brad (7 September 2016). "Alejandro Cartagena: Cultural Picture Coding and Collapse". americansuburbx.com. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  13. ↑ MacLennan, Gloria Crespo (12 January 2018). "Los mejores libros de fotografía de 2017". El País. Madrid. ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  14. ↑ "Alejandro Cartagena documents the suburbanisation of northern Mexico and the fraught dream of homeownership". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  15. ↑ "Alejandro Cartagena — We Love Our Employees". Tique. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  16. ↑ "Photography, Surveillance, and Protest". New Orleans Museum of Art. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  17. ↑ "The 2021 Deutsche Börse Photography prize sheds light on global issues" . The Independent. 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  18. ↑ "The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2021". The Times. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  19. ↑ Ponsford, Matthew. "Prestigious photo prize honors docu-fiction on India's hidden war". CNN. Retrieved 2021-07-14.


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