Mexico
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. 1985. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. A woman in a dust storm; a walking tree. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1983. A bull's head after slaughter, a hungry dog, a hat on a pole. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1983. A man drags a reluctant pig at midday. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1983. Wedding procession with a band and villagers carrying gifts. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1984. Man under a table in the desert. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1985. Children bath and play in the Rio Balsas. | License
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MEXICO. State of Coahuila. Monclova. 1983. Boxers train in a gym set in a courtyard. | License
![MEXICO. State of Morelos. 1984. A sugar cane cutter holds her machete.](https://abbasphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/06_PAR160.jpg)
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MEXICO. State of Morelos. 1984. A sugar cane cutter holds her machete. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. Drunk with alcohol, early morning. 1984. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. San Augustin de Oapan. Naked pigeons have kept their heads. 1984. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. Waskitles dance (masked men). 1984. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. San Augustin de Oapan. Man painting clay masks for tourists. 1984. | License
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MEXICO. State of Mexico. Chalma. 1983. Pilgrimage at a Catholic shrine. The pilgrims wear a crown made of flowers upon their first prilgrimage. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. Inside the Catholic church, young "pastorella" girls dance an Aztec ritual to the tune of a violin. 1985. | License
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MEXICO. State of Chihuahua. Town of Creel. 1985. Family mourns a boy killed in an accident. | License
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MEXICO. Mexico City. November 1, 1984. A little girl holds skulls over her eyes. Skulls are part of the ritual of the Day of the Dead. | License
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MEXICO. State of Guerrero. Village of San Augustin de Oapan. 1984. Boy wears a mask made of cardboard. | License
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MEXICO. Oaxaca state. Huautla. Wedding procession. 1983. | License
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After two years of convulsion, I could well see that the waves of the Islamic revolution were not going to stop at the borders of Iran. But I was not emotionally ready to cover the resurgence of Islam, which was happening right before my eyes. Iran had drained me. I went to Mexico. Up till then, I had been a photojournalist covering events. In Mexico, nothing was happening. I travelled around, photographing the country as if writing a novel, redefining my aesthetics in photography.