Photography
Personal project
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Along the Riviera Maya tourist corridor, the accelerated growth of Playa del Carmen has made it one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. The deregulated proliferation of hotel infrastructure has impacted the territory, affecting beaches, cenotes, and mangroves.
The tourist offer relies mainly on foreign-owned “all-inclusive” resorts, where visitors remain within enclosed compounds while the local population works as labor and service providers. Lured by the promise of the “Caribbean dream,” thousands migrate from poorer neighboring states to join this economy.
Far from tourist areas and with ever less public natural heritage accessible, these new residents live in peripheral neighborhoods and minimal housing developments.
The project observes this territorial and social fracture, focusing on those who sustain the industry from its margins.
Medium-format analogue photography (6×7).
