Mexico in Black and White

The photography of Lazaro Blanco



Lazaro Blanco (b. 1938) is a Mexico City based photographer and has a retrospective exhibition up at the Centro de la Imagen. His compositions are pensive studies of geometry, light/shadow, and individuals he encounters in daily life. The people in his photos tend to be unaware of the camera and concentrating on a specific task. I feel a real kinship with his style of working. He's an unobtrusive observer who can capture a concise, visual idea through the lens. The power of his work comes from a lifetime of accumulating these little thoughts.

-PJ