Tag: Mauricio Palos

Dead bodies make for some of the most shocking photos to come out of Mexico’s drug wars, but they only tell a small part of the story. While Mauricio Palos’ portfolio about violence in Mexico contains a disturbing image of a decapitated head lying casually under a box, overall the images are more poetic, more thoughtful. The bodies are there, they’re just not the focus.

After years of documenting people dying and towns being shredded to pieces at the hands of los narcos, photojournalist Mauricio Palos became aware of himself as a “tourist of violence.” He was led to reassess how he wanted to explore Mexico, distancing himself from direct violence while recognizing that violence has been, and continues to be, inherent in the make-up of the nation. By capturing the social inlays carved by its violent history, Palos hopes to make sense of the transitions that Mexico is experiencing as a country in the 21st century.