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“ ’s celebrated definition of the novel by Stendhal – a mirror held up to the long journey of a – could very well apply to The Last City. But Ortiz Monasterio’s is a mirror that is selective, precise and relentless, which retains only that which is worth the effort to be preserved.” — José Emilio
, a city of Mexico , presents a post-apocalyptic paradigm , rivaled perhaps only by Los Angeles – a metropolis ravaged by immense poverty , crime , and the harmful effects of overpopulation . A street photographer working within the tradition of socially engaged documentary photography , Ortiz Monasterio reveals the fragmentation of Mexico .
Published by Twin Palms, 1995
25 cm 19 cm, 104 pages, like new
ISBN 978-0-944092-32-3
“ ’s celebrated definition of the novel by Stendhal – a mirror held up to the long journey of a – could very well apply to The Last City. But Ortiz Monasterio’s is a mirror that is selective, precise and relentless, which retains only that which is worth the effort to be preserved.” — José Emilio
, a city of Mexico , presents a post-apocalyptic paradigm , rivaled perhaps only by Los Angeles – a metropolis ravaged by immense poverty , crime , and the harmful effects of overpopulation . A street photographer working within the tradition of socially engaged documentary photography , Ortiz Monasterio reveals the fragmentation of Mexico .
Published by Twin Palms, 1995
25 cm 19 cm, 104 pages, like new
ISBN 978-0-944092-32-3
