Pablo Casacuevas
Shoulder to sholder in Mexico City´s 19th September earthquake (Series)
DESCRIPTION
Civilians, rescuers, and soldiers, working shoulder to shoulder in rescue labors in Mexico City, after the 2017 19th September´s earthquake.
I had the fortune during the misfortune of the 2017 19th September´s earthquake, to carry my SLR camera, near vulnerable spots in the center of Mexico City, in the moment of the incident. I located collapsed buildings, by walking in the area, and listening to people and radio stations.
Because of the chaos and lack of coordination of the police and the militia in the first twenty-four hours haste after the seism, I was able to approach to some collapsed buildings without press ID.
I was strongly impressed and thrilled by the immediate, abundant, and excessive help of the civilians, working untiringly shoulder to shoulder with rescuers and soldiers.
Tough proofs for human race and for Mexican people.
AUTHOR
Mexico City, 1979.
Photography and cinematographic studies in Mexico City. Cinematographer career in CUEC UNAM.
Co-found photographic agency Lente 30-30, (2001).
Selected in 15th and 16th editions of Mexico´s Bienal de Fotografia (2012-14).
3rd price, II Mosaico Natura´s contest, Un Solo Mundo category, 2016.
2nd price, National Geographic contest “Enmarcando la vida”, 2007.
FONCA´s Jóvenes Creadores grant (2009), “Los Hijos de la Revolución”.
Photographic individual and collective exhibitions in Mexico: Mexico City, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Querétaro, Tamaulipas; and in Brazil, Spain, France, U.S.A., and China.
Special photography for Tamaulipas state government 2003-2016.
Coordinated and photographed books: Recursos Naturales, Retos para la Sustentabilidad (2016), Contruyendo Tamaulipas 2005-2010, and Postales Tamaulipecas (2009).
Highlighted exhibitions:
Individual
2015_Tortuga Lora; Cámara de Senadores; México, CDMX
2008_Viaje a Tamaulipas; 666 gallery-Arcaute Project; Beijing, China
Collective
2016_Animales de México; DISCOVERY, CONABIO; CDMX streets
2014_16 Bienal de Fotografía de México; Parque Fundidora; Monterrey, N.L.
2013_15 Bienal de Fotografía de México; Centro Nacional de las Artes; CDMX.
2010-11_Ni Somos Todos los que Estamos Ni Estamos Todos los que Somos; MUCA Roma; CDMX
2010_Mi Cuerpo es un Arma, video compilation; Bienal de Mercosul; Porto Alegre, Brazil
2010_Mi Cuerpo es un Arma, video compilation; Bienal de las Américas 2010; Denver, Co, U.S.A.
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