En Paralelo

  • Dates
    2017 - Ongoing
  • Author
  • Topics Portrait, Daily Life, Documentary

.This is a portrait of characters that embodies a contradiction, that of belonging to one of the largest urban spots in Mexico.

En Paralelo

The State of Mexico is the most populated in my country and for years has had the highest rates of social inequality and violence.A place that for many means only numbers, but that for many others it’s an identity; an unmistakable, quirky and diverse voice, that is heard by force, between chaos, cumbias, dissonant colors, between combis, peseros and mentadas.This is a portrait of characters that embodies a contradiction, that of belonging to one of the largest urban spots in the country and at the same time, enclose in their outfits, their spaces or their way of inhabiting them, the greatest show of individuality. They are parallel truths that shape a reality that can only be found here.

This is a project developed during the coverage of the candidates in their race to govern the State of Mexico, a job that I take advantage of to make a personal comment, far from campaign promises and much closer to what people are in this place. A vision that rescues the particular, the rare, the contradictory, the clingy, from what seems routine and generic.

© Alí Marín - A teenager dressed as a wrestler walks in a soccer stadium in the municipality of Naucalpan, State of Mexico.
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A teenager dressed as a wrestler walks in a soccer stadium in the municipality of Naucalpan, State of Mexico.

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A floral arch with the legend of "welcome candidate" is the trace of the meeting held by supporters of the hegemonic party in the State of Mexico known to all as the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party), which has governed the State of Mexico for more than 75 years.

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Dressed in a suit, the owner of the social hall known as “Castillo de Rosita” in the municipality of Acolman, proudly displays the identity of his space. This place has hosted XV parties, weddings, baptisms, popular dances and even a casino.

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A woman belonging to the municipality of Valle de Bravo, dressed in a traditional way, poses for a portrait moments before the start of a political rally.

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A woman leader of a popular neighborhood in the municipality of Ecatepec Morelos, the largest in the State of Mexico with a population of more than one and a half million people, smiles for a photograph. Moments prior to the arrival of your favorite candidate for governor.

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A peasant resident of the municipality known as Los Reyes la Paz, holds in his left hand a photograph recently taken with the candidate with the candidate he supports. In the background a mural of the landscape of the area, with the legend that made the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata “Tierra y Libertad” famous.

© Alí Marín - A group of women belonging to the various rural areas that make up the State of Mexico moments before a political parade.
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A group of women belonging to the various rural areas that make up the State of Mexico moments before a political parade.

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Dressed in a suit and with dark glasses, and local of the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl, the second most populated municipality in the State of Mexico, stops to be portrayed during his journey to attend a political event.

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A young man in the municipality of Tecámac State of Mexico is portrayed at the end of a political rally. In Mexico the participation in politics by the youth population went from being partially ignored to becoming one of the most representative sectors in the electoral map. It is estimated that in Mexico there are around 30.5 million young people between the ages of 16 and 29.

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A farmer from the municipality of Tejuipilco de Hidalgo, one of the areas with the greatest agricultural identity known as Tierra Caliente (Hot Land) in the south of the State of Mexico, wearing a typical hat.

© Alí Marín - Interior of the social hall known as “Castillo de Rosita” in the municipality of Acolman.
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Interior of the social hall known as “Castillo de Rosita” in the municipality of Acolman.

En Paralelo by Alí Marín

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