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Photographer Takes Aerial Photos Of Daily Commuters Around Mexico In His Series “Carpoolers” (30 Pics)
The journey of daily commuters around Mexico is captured in the photo series "Carpoolers" by Alex Cartagena.
Looking down at the picture, we take in each scene as it appears, eventually lulled into a pattern that resembles the haze of a prolonged road trip; eventually, the landscape blurs into nothing. Cartagena deliberately uses this strategy to highlight how the working class is invisible in a society that prioritizes material wealth more and more and is led by officials who keep giving the property away for development without a clear plan for the future. In his closely cropped images, Cartagena challenges us to think about the political and economic systems that distribute wealth, labor, and energy globally.
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Imagine how many hours you have to labor and how long your commute must be in order to be able to fall asleep in the back of a cold, hard, bumpy truck bed.
All I can think of is how terribly unsafe this is. If the car swerves or crashes, those men have no chance.
How do I see anything out of the mirrors every mirrors I see on each truck the point right at the side of the truck
I'm thinking now the guys who can ride in a pickup with a plastic bedliner are the "lucky" ones.
Dude probably photographs the same stretch of road everyday so yeah you're gonna see the same vehicles and people just diff days. You that dumb?
Ironically enough it probably was photoshopped just not in the way that Mr. Mike Turvey thinks 🤣
Note: this post originally had 86 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
Don't forget that this way of moving people is really dangerous and lethal
Yeah, I really hope they all stay safe out there. If they crash not only are they unsecured, but so is all that equipment in the truck. Those objects going flying have the potential to kill someone.
Load More Replies...They said Mexico but I have seen this many times when in the US. Hired waiting in the parking lot of home depot every day to see if you can have money to feed your family is rough. Even if it pays cash and HORRIBLE cash at that
Really makes you wonder how high the fatality rate in Mexico is in traffic.....
So interesting to see the differences between the morning photos and the evening ones. Also the the 2 or 3 series where we saw several of the same truck......those were cool.
Damn. It's just pictures of folks riding in trucks. Chill out.
Load More Replies...Don't forget that this way of moving people is really dangerous and lethal
Yeah, I really hope they all stay safe out there. If they crash not only are they unsecured, but so is all that equipment in the truck. Those objects going flying have the potential to kill someone.
Load More Replies...They said Mexico but I have seen this many times when in the US. Hired waiting in the parking lot of home depot every day to see if you can have money to feed your family is rough. Even if it pays cash and HORRIBLE cash at that
Really makes you wonder how high the fatality rate in Mexico is in traffic.....
So interesting to see the differences between the morning photos and the evening ones. Also the the 2 or 3 series where we saw several of the same truck......those were cool.
Damn. It's just pictures of folks riding in trucks. Chill out.
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