Tender — Carla Williams. Published by TBW Books.
I am fascinated with photo archives. Images can be found in them that, when seen in new light, offer new stories of moments past. Even though most of the reviews I've read on this project never mention the idea of these works as part of an archive, in this case, a personal archive, that was the aspect that most fascinated me. Images of self-exploration were hidden for years, marinating ideas that needed the passing of time to become stronger and better understood. Are we looking at the same photographs from the 1980s or the effect of the passing of time on these images?
Alejandro Cartagena, Mexican (b. 1977, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. His projects employ landscape and portraiture as a means to examine social, urban, and environmental issues. He is also the co-founder of Los Sumergidos publishing house and Fellowship Photos, where he works to publish work from Latin American artists and projects of artists considering the intersection of photography, video, and generative art.