Matt Black’s “After the Fall”

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Weighed Down by History, a Town Slides in Mexico

The photographer Matt Black shot a remote town in southern Mexico that’s sliding down a mountain — a heart-wrenching story that illustrates the consequences of colonialism and modernity.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/a-dust-bowl-for-columbus-day/

The photographer Matt Black has been seeking stories of the indigenous tribes of southern Mexico and the migrants to the Central Valley of California for 10 years, traveling back and forth and documenting the effects on these changing cultures and economies