Design
A Lens on the Pickup Carpoolers of Monterrey
Photographer Alejandro Cartagena captures intimate scenes of informal commuting.
For many commuters in Mexico, the daily trip to work means climbing into the back of a pickup. Monterrey-based photographer Alejandro Cartagena spent a year capturing these intimate yet public scenes, culminating in a new exhibit at the Kopeikin Gallery in Los Angeles.
Cartagena photographed his subjects for "Car Poolers" on and and near Highway 85 in Monterrey during the morning commute, typically from 7 to 10 a.m. Recently he chatted with Cities about his process of spying on commuters.