L atingo Border Mediavilla, Héctor 1970- ‎ creator author. software, multimedia urbanNext January 11, 2021 monographic eng
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7 slides. Some people believe that the word “gringo” was born during the U.S. invasion of Mexico, when Mexicans said “green go home”. Although this seems apocryphal, over time the flow of people has changed direction, so I decided to use the word “latingo” to refer to this vast frontier traveled by thousands of Latin immigrants. This is a series of photographs taken along the U.S.-Mexico border in three of the four U.S. border states: Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The borderline is my reference; I try not to go more than 50 miles away. After several years of living in Mexico, I wanted to know what that area looked like, who inhabits it. Hector Mediavilla, Low Density, Politics and economics, Survey, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms Borders, Immigration, Inequality, Mexico, Photographic Atlas of the Cities, Photography, Political implications, Population, Survey, Territory, Territory&Mobility, USA Photos U.S.-Mexico border USA Mexico 2575-5374 https://urbannext.net/latingo-border/ https://urbannext.net/latingo-border/ ES-BaAUN 221102 20230515141707.0 eng