Title & Author:

Alejandro Cartagena : ground rules / contributions by Tatiana Bilbao, Álvaro Enrigue, Horacio Fernández, Charlotte Kent, and Shana Lopes.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : aperture, 2025.
©2025

Description:

274 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 24 cm

Notes:
"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Alejandro Cartagena: Ground Rules, curated by Shana Lopes and presented by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 22, 2025-April 19, 2026"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references.
Rules of the game / Shana Lopes -- Photography pt. I -- Lazy Sunday morning / Tatiana Bilbao -- Give part to the police / Álvaro Enrigue -- Photography pt. II -- A portrait of the artist as an editor / Horacio Fernández -- Photobooks -- Strange mirrors of humanity / Alejandro Cartagena in conversation with Charlotte Kent -- Synthetic images -- Se habla Español
Text provided in both English (brown pages) and Spanish (blue pages).

Summary:

"Ground Rules is the first comprehensive, fully bilingual survey charting the career of the prolific photographer Alejandro Cartagena. Celebrated for his photobooks Carpoolers (2014) and A Small Guide to Homeownership (2020), Cartagena is known for his formally engaging and socially incisive images that span the politics of the US-Mexico border, suburban sprawl, and the increasing wealth disparities in North America. Ground Rules deploys a diverse array of photographic formats, from documentary and collage to the appropriation of vernacular photographs and AI-generated imagery, all unified by Cartagena's commitment to addressing Mexico's most pressing social and environmental issues with humor and pathos." -- From publisher's website.

ISBN:

9781597115728 (hardback)
159711572X (hardback)

Subject:

Cartagena, Alejandro, 1977- Exhibitions.
Cartagena, Alejandro, 1977- Interviews.
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Portraits Mexico Exhibitions.
Landscapes Mexico Exhibitions.
Street photography Mexico Exhibitions.
Photography, Artistic.
Portraits Mexico.
Landscapes Mexico.
Street photography Mexico.
Photographie artistique.
Portraits Mexique.
Paysages Mexique.
Photographie de rue Mexique.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Portraits Mexique Expositions.
Paysages Mexique Expositions.
Photographie de rue Mexique Expositions.
art photography.
Mexico Social conditions 20th century Pictorial works.
Mexico Economic conditions 20th century Pictorial works.
Mexico Environmental conditions 20th century Pictorial works.
Mexique Conditions sociales 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Mexique Conditions économiques 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Cartagena, Alejandro, 1977- photographer, artist, interviewee.
Lopes, Shana, 1979- contributor.
Bilbao, Tatiana, 1972- contributor.
Enrigue, Alvaro, 1969- contributor.
Kent, Charlotte, 1980- contributor, interviewer.
Fernández, Horacio, contributor.
Saldaña París, Daniel, 1984- translator.
Kan, Elianna, translator.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, host institution.

Ground rules

Holdings:

Location: Library main 324143
Call No.: 324143
Copy: 1
Status: Available