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Activists from UNITONA in the Sierra Norte Jose, Pancho & Las Hermanas La Compañera Hilaria Totanaca Girl in Traditional Dress Totanaca Women Cooking for a Community Event Alma & Maribel Making Tortillas Handwoven Faja, Artisan's Collective of Huehuetla Sketch #1, Faja Project Idea Sketch Idea #2 Huehuetla Artisans Collective in their Store Fajas Hanging in the Collective Rosa Demonstrating Her Weaving Technique, Traditional Loom Rosa Weaving Rosa Weaving #2 Loading the truck in South Puebla State Installing Corn Installation View, Metro Alameda, Left Side Installation View, Metro Alameda, Center Corridor Installation View, Metro Alameda, Right Side Opening Prayer Montsanto Faja Syngenta Faja DuPont Faja Dow Chemical Faja Dow AgroScience Faja Dekalb Faja Karate Faja w/ Posada Style Skulls Faena Faja World Bank Faja IDB Faja DNA Faja Contaminated Faja, Posada Skulls w. Mazorca Uncle Sam Faja United States Faja
The Faja Project, 2005-2006
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These photos chronicle the genesis, making and installation of The Faja Project in México City. The installation explored the impact of agribusiness on the culture and land of indigenous farmers in the Sierra Norte mountains of Puebla, México.
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