More than Words: Photojournalist captures the violence in Mexico
April 13, 2012
By Virginia Isaad for El Nuevo Sol de California State University, Northridge
Karla Henry/ El Nuevo Sol
Mexican photojournalist Julian Cardona presented his photographs illustrating the violence in Mexico and the economic turmoil its citizens face during his visit to California State University, Northridge on Tuesday, April 11.
Sharing photographs from his books including Exodus/Exodo and Juarez: The Laboratory of our Future, Cardona noted the ramifications of North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA), an agreement among the US, Mexico and Canada, and the risks migrants face when crossing the border.
“First thing I realized was that in the city there were external forces and transnational forces that were playing a role in the everyday life,” said Cardona.
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