MEXICO CITY: PRINT

I like to think of print as my photos coming home. When I’m traveling, priority number one is being present. I want to enjoy the destination and the people I'm with. I didn’t want to experience Mexico City through my iPhone, nor do I want my photos to die on my camera roll. When I press the shutter, that frame has potential to become a spread in a zine destined for more than the mercy of an algorithm.

Every trip, ends with a few prints, postcards or a zine. I’m not trying to make the perfect coffee table book. I find the zine a perfect medium. The zine is approachable, light and doesn't ask much of you. Just pick it up, flip through it, put it down, come back to it, or even linger for a while it’s all up to you.

I use Blurb to print my traditional 8.5 × 11 zines and trade books.

Who are these zines for? Me.

I’m a selfish photographer. My audience is small, it’s me.

I’ll also make a few extra copies to share with friends and family, who I know will appreciate it. A visual souvenir.

Print and share your photos. Trust me this is the dopamine hit you’re lookin’ for.

DIY mini zines, made from one sheet of paper and my ink jet printer.

Back in high school I had some graffiti artist friends put me on to mini zines. They’d do their tags or mini murals and put them into these zines made from one single sheet of letter size paper and trade ‘em. I love the idea of working within the creative constraints of the mini zine.

Mini zines fresh out the ink jet printer, these will be sent to the homies.