The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico: Gallery of Selected Images
This Portfolio contains selected images from 1983 through 2022 for the project The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico. I spent a total of more than six months in Mexico, walking more than 1000 miles, looking for images, visiting all regions of Mexico. To view the image please click on the thumbnail image in the gallery below.
Bridge, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 2002, 20 x 24 inches Chromagenic Print, edition of 10
Windows, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 2002, 20 x 24 inches Chromagenic Print, edition of 10
Poster, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 2001, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10
Ball Court, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 1989, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Pod, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 1997, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10. This is a banana pod. A small insect is near the heart of the pod.
Links, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 1997, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10. This evocative monument of a man breaking free of chains is juxtaposed against a modern communication tower in the background. It was in front of a building housing a major newspaper in Tampico.
Ascension, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 1996, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Two Steps, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 1995, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Three Shadows and Pole, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 1993, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Hand, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 1989, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Carcass, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 1987, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Four Red Flowers, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 1985, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Plinth, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2008, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inch, edition of 10
Woman in Curlers, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2008, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10
Fixtures, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2008, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inch, edition of 10
Protest, Mexico City, From Mexico, a 31-Year Journey, 2008, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inch, edition of 10
This was taken during a protest by indigenous Mexicans in the nation’s capital, with one of the many dozens of sleek Mexico City skyscrapers in the background. Mexico City is the largest metropolis in North America.
Three Windows, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2010, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10
Balloons, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2010, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10
White Sphere, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2010, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10
White Cape, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2011, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10
T, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 1988, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Procession, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2011, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10
Sealed, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 1987, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Bridge, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2011, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10
Brown Self-Portrait, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 1988, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Angel, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 1991, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
Cobweb, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2014, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9. This image seems to have a yin yang feel to it, the new and the ornate with the old and less taken-care-of.
Sculpted Tree, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2013, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9. I was drawn in this image to the repeated geometric shapes from both nature, as shaped by man, and the urban environment.
Statues, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2009, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 9. The communications of the various figures in this image seems quite disparate.
Children and U.S. Mexico Border Fence, from Mexico, a 31-Year Journey, 2013, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9. These children could care less about the border fence behind them, jutting out into the surf of the Pacific Ocean, separating Mexico and the United States. When I visited here I was very moved and shocked to see the huge extent of security, with helicopters, watch towers, search lights, and uniformed border patrol officers patrolling the land just on the other side of the fence.
Corner, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2013, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9. Several of Tijuana’s many skyscrapers are visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Float, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2010, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9.
Gate, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2011, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9.
Loop, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2012, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9.
Mirror and Three Birds, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2012, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9.
Tree and Ladder, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2012, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 9.
Flowers, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles through Mexico, 2017
Owl, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 2017
Anarchist, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, 2017
Bow Tie, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles through Mexico, 2016
Car at Border Wall, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico, Archival Inkjet Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 9, 2017. People speed to get to the border crossing into the U.S. on the Mexican side of the border wall. Closer to the crossing, traffic backs-up, sometimes for miles.
Plastic Flag, from The Visitor, Walking 1000Miles through Mexico (c) Larry Cwik 2017. Image from Tecate, in the north of Baja California, along the U.S. border, east of Tijuana.
Knot, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2014, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9.
The Walk, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2001, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10. This reflective skyscraper was of the Bolsa, Mexico’s stock exchange, in central Mexico City.
Banners, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2012, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9. These banners seemed to make an avian shape to me. I liked how the form is also mirrored in the poplar-type trees in the background. This image was in Tuxtla Gutierrez, the largest city in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Chiapas is on the border with Guatemala.
Man Walking Under Awning, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2010, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9.
Man and Sea, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2010, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9.
Shoes, U.S. Mexico Border Fence, from The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 2014, Inkjet Print on Hahnemule Fine Art Paper, 24 x 20 inches, edition of 9. This image seems like a metaphor, of shoes with no people on the fence separating Mexico and the United States.
Vision, From The Visitor, Walking 1000 Miles Through Mexico’s Cities, 1989, Chromagenic Print, 20 x 24 inches, edition of 10.
