
Hay pájaros en el alambre
- Publisher
- HYDRA
- Year
- 2026
- Specifications
- Printed on various papers commonly used in Mexico, with different weights, textures and imperfections
First honourable mention, Best Photobook, Santiago Foto 2026
Hay pájaros en el alambre (There are birds on the wire) uses text and images to offer a unique and personal reflection on the most significant revolutionary movement of the second half of the twentieth century in Mexico. "This book emerged from an exploration of my parents' photographic archive; they were a couple of doctors who helped build a community health system in Chiapas, both before and after the uprising of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) in 1994. Through a careful selection of their images, their presence at social demonstrations, the training of community health workers, everyday moments at home, and their reinterpretation, I seek to capture not only the significant moments of community life but also the experiences and emotions of my own childhood, lived amid resistance and its silences. From this dual perspective, that of the girl I once was and the adult who questions today, I explore the bond with my parents, the memory of a disputed territory, and who I became amidst those images, shaped by historical events and their resonance in the present."