RevealingMexico

In2010，Mexicoobservestwoimportantanniversaries：thebicentennialofitsindependencefromSpainandthecentennialoftheMexicanRevolution.Thesetwomilestonesofferthecountry’s111millioncitizensand30millionMexicanAmericansanunprecedentedopportunitytorediscoverandcelebratetheirsharedheritage.RevealingMexicobyJohnMackandSusanneSteinesisanastonishingnewphotographicportraitofthecountry.Foraperiodofeightyears，up-and-comingAmericanphotographerMackandwriterSteinescrisscrossedMexicophotographingitsvibrantcityandrurallife，itsstunningarchitecture，strikinglandscapes，andcaptivatingpeople.Withroughly200imagesrepresentingall31states，fromthecanyonsofChihuahuatotheMyanruinsofChiapas，fromtheindigenouscommunitiesofOaxacatothebustlingporttownsoftheYucatán，aswellastheskyscrapersandthoroughfaresoftheFederalDistrict，RevealingMexicooffersapoeticvistaofMexico’slandscapetoday.What’smore，RevealingMexicoalsoincludesportraitsofindividualsfromallwalksofMexicanlife—luminaries，authors，artists，academics，politicians，fisherman，businesstitans，streetvendors，andfarmersamongothers—manyaccompaniedbytheirownwordsaboutwhatitistobeMexican.RevealingMexicoisthephotographybookoftheMexicanbicentennialworldwide：anexhibitofthephotographswillbeheldatAntiguoColegioSanIldefonso，MexicoCity’spremiermuseumandculturalcenter;imageswillbedisplayedintheopen-airgalleryatLasRejasdeChapultepec，MexicoCity’smostheavilytraffickedpublicspace;andNewYorkCitywillbeholdingitsownMexicanbicentennialfestivitiesinOctober，withsimilarcelebrationstobeheldinLosAngeles，Dallas，Chicago，andHouston.Inhonoroftheanniversary，imagesfromRevealingMexicowillbedisplayedprominentlyatRockefellerCenterandinthelobbyofTheMoMA，aswellasotherblue-chipinstitutionsworldwide.