LEONARD, Zoe
Al río / To the River

Al río / To the River, initiated in 2016, is a photographic project of epic scale addressing the more than one-thousand miles of river boundary shared by the United States and Mexico. Leonard approaches the river, known as Río Bravo in Mexico and Rio Grande in the United States, as a multifaceted leitmotif in which cultural, ecological, historical, social, political and economic concerns intersect. Published in two volumes, the first will feature Leonard’s photographs, while the second, edited by Tim Johnson, brings together written contributions from a remarkable group of international artists, journalists, poets and scholars. Conceived as an alternate form of circulation for the work, the publication also provides an interdisciplinary reference for people interested in the river, environmental issues, borderlands culture and contemporary border issues.

Texts by C. J. Alvarez, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Cecilia Ballí, Carolyn Boyd, Remijio "Primo" Carrasco, Alfredo Corchado, Yuri De La Rosa, Natalie Diaz, Dolores Dorantes, Darby English, Álvaro Enrigue, Catherine Facerias, Nadiah Rivera Fellah, Josh T Franco, Esther Gabara, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Aimé Iglesias Lukin, Angela Kocherga, Elisabeth Lebovici, José Rabasa, Cameron Rowland, Innocencio Lugo Ruiz, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Roberto Tejada, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio.

Two volumes.

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Published by MUDAM / Hatje Cantz, 2022
Design by Joseph Logan
Monographs / Photography