Show Navigation
Mexico and Latin America All Galleries
Add to Cart Download

Mexico (all)

457 images Created 8 Nov 2008

This gallery contains all of my archived work from Mexico. There are travel features, news photos (from Chiapas and the Zapatistas), immigration photos (from Mexico's northern and southern borders) and social issues (like the plight of Catholics in Chiapas).

Loading ()...

  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2005 - MEXICO CITY: Revelers on the Zocalo in Mexico City, Sept 15, for the traditional "grito," the shout of "Viva Mexico" that marks the official start of Mexican Independence Day celebrations. Although Mexican Independence Day is Sept. 16, the celebrations usually start a couple of days before and continue through the 17th or 18th or September. It is the most important holiday on the Mexican calender. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MexicanParade001.jpg
  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2005 - MEXICO CITY:  Students hand out Mexican flags and march in the Independence Day parade in Mexico City, Sept. 16. Mexico celebrated its 195th Independence Day in 2005 with a huge military parade through the center of Mexico City.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MexicanParade006.jpg
  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2005 - MEXICO CITY: Military cadets march in the   Independence Day parade in Mexico City, Sept. 16. Mexico celebrated its 195th Independence Day in 2005 with a huge military parade through the center of Mexico City.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MexicanParade012.jpg
  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2005 - MEXICO CITY:  A Charro, or Mexican cowboy, marches in the Independence Day parade in Mexico City, Sept. 16. Mexico celebrated its 195th Independence Day in 2005 with a huge military parade through the center of Mexico City. The area is famous for wide beaches and fresh seafood, especially shellfish.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MexicanParade014.jpg
  • JULY 19, 2000 - TOLUCA, MEXICO, MEXICO: A woman walks through the "Portales"  in the historic section of Toluca, Mexico, July 19, 2000. Life in Toluca, which is at an altitude of 8,500 feet with daily high temperatures in the 60's and 70's, does not prepare people who come to the US illegally for the brutal conditions of the Sonoran desert. Roberto Olvera Morales, of Toluca, died in the desert west of Douglas, AZ, when he tried to enter the US illegally with Maria Ordaz and her son. Morales was originally from Toluca, about 50 miles from Mexico City, where he worked with his mother at a taco stand. Morales was just one of the more than 150 Mexicans who died in the southwestern US trying to get into the United States without the proper immigration documents during the summer of 2000. Most died of heat exhaustion or thirst in the deserts that span the US/Mexico border, a region where daily high temperatures in the summer frequently soar to over 120 degrees Fahrenheit.  © Jack Kurtz  BORDER  IMMIGRANTS  POVERTY  HUMAN RIGHTS  FAMILY  WEATHER  FRONTERA  MIGRANTES  FAMILIA
    JKU12030352.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: EZLN (Zapatista) gather on the Zocalo in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, before a pro-Zapatista rally, Feb. 24, 2001. The rally was to mark the beginning of the Zapatista's march from San Cristobal de las Casas to Mexico City. The Zapatistas went to Mexico City to press their demands for the passage of the San Andres Accords, signed between the Zapatistas and the Mexican government in 1996 but stalled in the Mexican congress by the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party.  © Jack Kurtz    INDIGENOUS   WOMEN   CIVIL RIGHTS   POVERTY  HUMAN RIGHTS   GLOBALIZATION
    JKU12030354.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Members of  the EZLN (Zapatistas) participate in a march through San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, during a pro-Zapatista rally, Feb. 24, 2001. The rally was to mark the beginning of the Zapatista's march from San Cristobal de las Casas to Mexico City. The Zapatistas went to Mexico City to press their demands for the passage of the San Andres Accords, signed between the Zapatistas and the Mexican government in 1996 but stalled in the Mexican congress by the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party.  © Jack Kurtz   INDIGENOUS   POVERTY   CIVIL RIGHTS  HUMAN RIGHTS  GLOBALIZATION  WAR    VIOLENCE
    JKU12030355.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Members of  the EZLN (Zapatistas) march through San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Feb. 24, 2001. The march was to mark the beginning of the Zapatista's caravan from San Cristobal de las Casas to Mexico City. About 3,000 Zapatistas participated in the march through San Cristobal. The Zapatistas went to Mexico City to press their demands for the passage of the San Andres Accords, signed between the Zapatistas and the Mexican government in 1996 but stalled in the Mexican congress by the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party.  © Jack Kurtz   INDIGENOUS  POVERTY    WOMEN   HUMAN RIGHTS    CIVIL RIGHTS    WAR  VIOLENCE
    JKU12030356.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Members of  the EZLN (Zapatistas) march through San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Feb. 24, 2001. The march was to mark the beginning of the Zapatista's caravan from San Cristobal de las Casas to Mexico City. About 3,000 Zapatistas participated in the march through San Cristobal. The Zapatistas went to Mexico City to press their demands for the passage of the San Andres Accords, signed between the Zapatistas and the Mexican government in 1996 but stalled in the Mexican congress by the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party.  © Jack Kurtz   INDIGENOUS   POVERTY   HUMAN RIGHTS  CIVIL RIGHTS  WAR    VIOLENCE
    JKU12030357.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Supporters of  the EZLN (Zapatistas) ride a motorcycle through San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, with a pro-Zapatista banner made from a bedsheet, during a Zapatista march, Feb. 24, 2001. The march was to mark the beginning of the Zapatista's caravan from San Cristobal de las Casas to Mexico City. About 3,000 Zapatistas participated in the march through San Cristobal. The Zapatistas went to Mexico City to press their demands for the passage of the San Andres Accords, signed between the Zapatistas and the Mexican government in 1996 but stalled in the Mexican congress by the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party. © Jack Kurtz  INDIGENOUS   POVERTY   GLOBALIZATION    POVERTY  WAR   HUMAN RIGHTS    CIVIL RIGHTS
    JKU12030358.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Supporters of  the EZLN (Zapatistas) wave a Mexican flag during a pro-Zapatista rally on the Zocalo in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Feb. 24, 2001. The rally was to mark the beginning of the Zapatista's caravan from San Cristobal de las Casas to Mexico City. About 3,000 Zapatistas participated in the march through San Cristobal. The Zapatistas went to Mexico City to press their demands for the passage of the San Andres Accords, signed between the Zapatistas and the Mexican government in 1996 but stalled in the Mexican congress by the formerly ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party.  © Jack Kurtz  INDIGENOUS   WAR  POVERTY  HUMAN RIGHTS  CIVIL RIGHTS   GLOBALIZATION     PATRIOTISM
    JKU12030359.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Men walk past anti-government graffiti which says "Army out of Chiapas" on the wall of a church in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Feb. 25, 2001. Chiapas is the home of the EZLN, the Zapatistas who have been fighting a low level guerilla war against the government since January, 1994. San Cristobal is the intellectual center of the Zapatista movement and anti-government sentiment is strong in the southern Mexico city.  © Jack Kurtz   INDIGENOUS   POVERTY  WAR  VIOLENCE  HUMAN RIGHTS  CIVIL RIGHTS
    JKU12030360.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A teenage girl, an attendant at a Quincenera, or Mexican girl's 15th birthday, waits to enter the cathedral in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. © Jack Kurtz  CULTURE  RELIGION  WOMEN  FAMILY
    JKU12030361.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Ice cream vendors on the Zocalo in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. Many children are forced to work as vendors because their parents are not able to support them with the jobs they might have.  © Jack Kurtz    CHILDREN  CHILD LABOUR  CROWDS   ECONOMY   FOOD   POVERTY  TOURISM  UNEMPLOYMENT
    JKU12030363.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Mayan Indian women on the Zocalo in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.  © Jack Kurtz   CHILDREN  WOMEN   FAMILY   CROWDS   ECONOMY     POVERTY  TOURISM  UNEMPLOYMENT  INDIGENOUS
    JKU12030364.jpg
  • FEB 24, 2001 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A Mayan Indian women walks through the Municipal Palace (city hall) in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.  © Jack Kurtz   INDIGENOUS  WOMEN  POVERTY    TOURISM
    JKU12030365.jpg
  • GUADALUPE TEPEYAC, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A Zapatista guerilla in the Zapatista's temporary headquarters in Guadalupe Tepeyac, Chiapas, Mexico. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   WAR  ZAPATISTAS  INDIGENOUS   HUMAN RIGHTS  MILITARY
    jku030316038.jpg
  • GUADALUPE TEPEYAC, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Sub-Commandte Marcos, leader of the Zapatista guerillas rides through the Zapatista's headquarters in Guadalupe Tepeyac, Chiapas, Mexico. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   WAR  ZAPATISTAS  INDIGENOUS   HUMAN RIGHTS  MILITARY   PERSONALITIES (MARCOS)
    jku030316039.jpg
  • ZINACANTAN, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A girl in the market in Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico, waits for tourists amidst the weavings she sells. The town is known for its textiles.  PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   TOURISM    INDIGENOUS   HUMAN RIGHTS   TRADE
    jku030316040.jpg
  • jku032303056 - 31 JULY 2002 - MEXICO CITY, DF, MEXICO: People pray on the Zocalo in the historic center of Mexico City during a Papal mass televised to the Zocalo on large screen "jumbotron" televisions. The mass, led by Pope John Paul II, was at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, July 31, 2002. The Pontiff, making his fifth trip to Mexico, canonized Juan Diego, the Mexican Indian who first saw the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531. Juan Diego is now known at Saint Juan Diego. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ  RELIGION  INDIGENOUS  CULTURE  PATRIOTISM
    jku032303056.jpg
  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2003 - CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO: Mexican riot police prepare to stop anti-globalization protestors marching through Cancun, Mexico during the World Trade Organization Ministerial meetings in Cancun. A few thousand people participated in the march, which was stopped by Mexican law enforcement at the edge of the city of Cancun, several miles from the WTO meeting site at the Cancun Convention Center. Up to 20,000 anti-globalization protestors are expected in Cancun for the WTO ministerial meetings.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ  globalization  trade
    jku090903127.jpg
  • -- SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman watches the street from the doorway of her home in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. .©  JACK KURTZ   WOMEN  POVERTY  INDIGENOUS
    jku14030343.jpg
  • SAN ANDRES LARRAINZAR, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A Chamulan Indian man with his uncle's coffin walks along a mountain road near town of San Andres Larrainzar, Chiapas, Mexico.  ©  JACK KURTZ   FAMILY  POVERTY  INDIGENOUS   CULTURE  LAND ISSUES
    jku14030344.jpg
  • SAN ANDRES LARRAINZAR, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A Chamulan Indian man with his uncle's coffin walks along a mountain road near town of San Andres Larrainzar, Chiapas, Mexico.  ©  JACK KURTZ   FAMILY  POVERTY  INDIGENOUS   CULTURE  LAND ISSUES
    jku14030345.jpg
  • SAN ANDRES LARRAINZAR, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A Chamulan Indian man with his uncle's coffin walks along a mountain road near town of San Andres Larrainzar, Chiapas, Mexico.  ©  JACK KURTZ   FAMILY  POVERTY  INDIGENOUS   CULTURE  LAND ISSUES
    jku14030346.jpg
  • SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A Mexican Army soldier looks for Zapatista guerillas during the Zapatista uprising in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Jan. 6, 1994. The Zapatistas captured and held San Cristobal for about a day at the beginning of the uprising.   ©  JACK KURTZ   MILITARY  ZAPATISTAS   POVERTY  INDIGENOUS    CULTURE    LAND ISSUES
    jku14030347.jpg
  • SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A Mexican Army soldier looks for Zapatista guerillas during the Zapatista uprising in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Jan. 6, 1994. The Zapatistas captured and held San Cristobal for about a day at the beginning of the uprising.   ©  JACK KURTZ   MILITARY  ZAPATISTAS   POVERTY  INDIGENOUS    CULTURE    LAND ISSUES
    jku14030348.jpg
  • SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A Mexican Indian child fleeing fighting between Zapatista guerillas and the Mexican army during the Zapatista uprising near Tenejapa, Chiapas, Mexico, Jan. 6, 1994. The Zapatistas captured and held San Cristobal for about a day at the beginning of the uprising.   ©  JACK KURTZ   MILITARY  ZAPATISTAS   POVERTY  INDIGENOUS    CULTURE    LAND ISSUES  refugees
    jku14030349.jpg
  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A man sorts through garbage at the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks.  .PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR
    jku14030351.jpg
  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A woman sorts through garbage at the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City, Sept. 23, 1993. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks. .PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR
    jku14030352.jpg
  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A man smashes bottles before recycling the glass in the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City, Sept. 23, 1993. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks.  PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR
    jku14030353.jpg
  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A woman sorts through garbage in the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City, Sept. 23, 1993. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks.  PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR  WOMEN
    jku14030354.jpg
  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A man pulls his horse cart through the garbage in the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City, Sept. 23, 1993. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks.  PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR
    jku14030355.jpg
  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A man carries a stack of cardboard through the garbage in the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks.  PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   LABOUR
    jku14030356.jpg
  • CIUDAD NEZAHUALCOYOTL, DF, MEXICO: A dog sits in an abandoned couch at the Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl dump on the edge of Mexico City. Hundreds of people live in the dump and make a living by scavenging through the refuse brought to the dump by Mexico City's garbage trucks. PHOTO ©  JACK KURTZ   POVERTY  HOMELESS  ECONOMY   SOCIAL ISSUES   ANIMALS
    jku14030357.jpg
  • IXMIQUILPAN, HIDALGO, MEXICO: An indigenous  woman walks away from a public well in the desert near the town of Ixmiquilpan, state of Hidalgo, in central Mexico. .PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   WOMEN  ENVIRONMENT   WATER  POVERTY  INDIGENOUS
    jku14030358.jpg
  • IXMIQUILPAN, HIDALGO, MEXICO: A Mexican woman rests her hands atop her head in the desert outside of the town of Ixmiquilpan, state of Hidalgo, in central Mexico. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   WOMEN  ENVIRONMENT    POVERTY  INDIGENOUS
    jku14030359.jpg
  • IXMIQUILPAN, HIDALGO, MEXICO: A band performs in a cantina in the town of Ixmiquilpan, state of Hidalgo, central Mexico. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   alchohol      culture  economy
    jku14030360.jpg
  • IXMIQUILPAN, HIDALGO, MEXICO: Brothers hoe a cauliflower field in the town of Ixmiquilpan, state of Hidalgo, central Mexico. The vegetable were for export to the US and grocery stores in Mexico City. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   AGRICULTURE LABOUR  FOOD  FAMILY
    jku14030361.jpg
  • IXMIQUILPAN, HIDALGO, MEXICO: A boy in a lettuce field in the town of Ixmiquilpan, state of Hidalgo, central Mexico. The vegetable were for export to the US and grocery stores in Mexico City. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   AGRICULTURE LABOUR  FOOD  FAMILY CHILDREN CHILD LABOUR
    jku14030362.jpg
  • IXMIQUILPAN, HIDALGO, MEXICO: People buy traditionally made tortillas in the town of Ixmiquilpan, state of Hidalgo, in central Mexico. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   food   women   culture  economy
    jku14030363.jpg
  • IXMIQUILPAN, HIDALGO, MEXICO: Farming family harvests squash near the town of Ixmiquilpan, state of  Hidalgo, central Mexico. PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   AGRICULTURE  FAMILY  LABOUR  CHILD LABOUR  FOOD
    jku14030364.jpg
  • TOLUCA, MEXICO, MEXICO: Farmers on an ejido (communal farm) near the city Toluca, state of Mexico, Mexico, weeds a corn field. Ejidos are traditional communal farms established after the Mexican revolution of 1911. They are being threatened by mechanized farms and the consolidation of Mexican farms.  PHOTO © JACK KURTZ   AGRICULTURE  FAMILY  LABOUR  FOOD
    jku14030366.jpg
  • CUIDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: A Tarahumara Indian girls is framed by her father and uncle as they tune their instruments before performing traditional Tarahumara music in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.  PHOTO © JACK KURTZ  family  culture  children music  poverty indigenous
    jku14030367.jpg
  • MEXICO CITY, DF, MEXICO: A boy on the Zocalo in Mexico City during Mexican Independence Day celebrations, Sept 16.  PHOTO © JACK KURTZ  family  culture  children patriotism
    jku14030368.jpg
  • MEXICO CITY, DF, MEXICO: Women carry the Mexican flag through the historic area of Mexico City during a political protest.  PHOTO © JACK KURTZ  family  culture  women patriotism
    jku14030369.jpg
  • MEXICO CITY, DF, MEXICO: A couple dances on the Zocalo in Mexico City during Mexican Independence Day celebrations, Sept 16.  PHOTO © JACK KURTZ  family  culture  women patriotism
    jku14030370.jpg
  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2003 - CANCUN, QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO: Mexican riot police prepare to stop anti-globalization protestors marching through Cancun, Mexico during the World Trade Organization Ministerial meetings in Cancun. A few thousand people participated in the march, which was stopped by Mexican law enforcement at the edge of the city of Cancun, several miles from the WTO meeting site at the Cancun Convention Center. Up to 20,000 anti-globalization protestors are expected in Cancun for the WTO ministerial meetings.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    wto128.jpg
  • IXMIQUILPAN, HIDALGO, MEXICO: A boy with his father in a squash field near the town of Ixmiquilpan, state of  Hidalgo, central Mexico. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ   AGRICULTURE  FAMILY  LABOUR  CHILD LABOUR  FOOD
    Farming002.jpg
  • 07 DECEMBER 1991 - MEXICO CITY, DF, MEXICO: A wedding party leaves the cathedral in Mexico City, Dec. 7, 1991 after a wedding. .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico300.jpg
  • 06 JANUARY 1994 - SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Mexican Indian women in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Jan. 6, 1994 during the Zapatista uprising. The Zapatistas captured and held San Cristobal for about a day at the beginning of the uprising. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico301.jpg
  • 31 MAY 2001 - ERONGARICUARO, MICHOACAN, MEXICO: A fruit vendor sells magoes to an Indian women in Erongaricuaro, on the shore of Lake Patzcauro, Michoacan, Mexico, May 31, 2001. Michoacan, one of Mexico's poorest states, has one of the highest rates of emigration to the US of any state in Mexico. Most of those who go north send money back to relatives in Mexico.    .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico302.jpg
  • 23 JANUARY 2003 - PUERTO PENASCO, SONORA, MEXICO: Shrimp boats come back to port past new hotels that have recently opened or under construction in Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico, Jan. 23, 2003. Puerto Penasco was founded as a fishing port on the Sea of Cortez by Mexican fisherman who used to fish Mexico?s Pacific waters. In recent years, North Americans, primarily from Arizona and California, have turned the town into a tourists? resort. The North Americans call the town Rocky Point and the name is starting to appear on Mexican maps and road signs. Several large hotels and hundreds of condominiums are under construction in Puerto Penasco. At the same time, new fishing regulations and over fishing are forcing many in the fishing industry to search for new jobs. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico304.jpg
  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    NogalesPolice006.jpg
  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Men who were arrested by Nogales police sit in the back of a police truck during an anti-gang sweep. Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    NogalesPolice007.jpg
  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Police in Nogales, Mexico, search bar patrons during an anti-gang sweep. Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    NogalesPolice008.jpg
  • 27 JULY 2003 - MEXICO CITY, MEX: A homeless girl sleeps in a shelter made from an umbrella and plastic sheeting in Mexico City, Mexico. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    HomelessGirlMexico001.jpg
  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2005 - MEXICO CITY: A homeless woman walks past Mexico City police officers during the   Independence Day parade in Mexico City, Sept. 16. Mexico celebrated its 195th Independence Day in 2005 with a huge military parade through the center of Mexico City.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MexicanParade010.jpg
  • 16 FEBRUARY 2003 - PUERTO PENASCO, SONORA, MEXICO: A shrimper extends his nets and trawls in the waters off of Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico, Feb.16, 2003. Puerto Penasco was founded as a fishing village on the northern tip of the Sea of Cortez in 1927. New environmental regulations and over fishing have reduced the town?s reliance on fishing but increasing number of North Americans have turned the town into a tourist get away, and its proximity to Phoenix, AZ, have made it a popular destination for Arizona retirees. It is also known as Rocky Point among American tourists.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpBoat001.jpg
  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    NogalesPolice010.jpg
  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: A Nogales, Mexico, police officer stands in the doorway of the jail in Nogales. Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    NogalesPolice011.jpg
  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Nogales, Mexico, stand in the doorway of the city jail. Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, on patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    NogalesPolice012.jpg
  • 05 FEBRUARY 2005 - NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: Members of "Grupo Operativos" a special operations unit of the Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, police department, search a bar during an anti-gang patrol in Nogales, Saturday night, Feb. 5. The Operativos specialize in anti-gang enforcement and drug interdiction missions. In recent months they have stepped up patrol activity in Nogales communities near the border. In January 2005, the US Department of State has issued a travel advisory advising US citizens to avoid travel along the US Mexican border because of increased violence, including the kidnapping of US citizens, in border communities. Most of the violence has been linked to the drug cartels, who are increasingly powerful in Mexico. The Operativos also patrol the districts of Nogales frequented by US tourists in an effort to prevent crime directed against US citizens.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    NogalesPolice015.jpg
  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2005 - MEXICO CITY: Revelers on the Zocalo in Mexico City, Sept 15, for the traditional "grito," the shout of "Viva Mexico" that marks the official start of Mexican Independence Day celebrations. Although Mexican Independence Day is Sept. 16, the celebrations usually start a couple of days before and continue through the 17th or 18th or September. It is the most important holiday on the Mexican calender. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MexicanParade002.jpg
  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2005 - MEXICO CITY: Revelers, a father and son, on the Zocalo in Mexico City, Sept 15, for the traditional "grito," the shout of "Viva Mexico" that marks the official start of Mexican Independence Day celebrations. Although Mexican Independence Day is Sept. 16, the celebrations usually start a couple of days before and continue through the 17th or 18th or September. It is the most important holiday on the Mexican calender. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MexicanParade003.jpg
  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2005 - MEXICO CITY:  A unit dressed in a 19th century Mexican uniform in the Independence Day parade in Mexico City, Sept. 16. Mexico celebrated its 195th Independence Day in 2005 with a huge military parade through the center of Mexico City.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MexicanParade007.jpg
  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2005 - MEXICO CITY: Student nurses march in the  Independence Day parade in Mexico City, Sept. 16. Mexico celebrated its 195th Independence Day in 2005 with a huge military parade through the center of Mexico City.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MexicanParade011.jpg
  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2005 - MEXICO CITY: Military cadets march in the   Independence Day parade in Mexico City, Sept. 16. Mexico celebrated its 195th Independence Day in 2005 with a huge military parade through the center of Mexico City.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MexicanParade013.jpg
  • 14 FEBRUARY 2003 -- PUERTO PENASCO, SONORA, MEXICO: Maria Francesca Luna Javalera, a member of an oyster growing co-operative, harvests oysters near Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico. Puerto Penasco is known as Rocky Point among visitors to the Mexican beach town on the Sea of Cortez. The area is famous for wide beaches and fresh seafood, especially shellfish.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    OysterHarvest003.jpg
  • 14 FEBRUARY 2003 -- PUERTO PENASCO, SONORA, MEXICO: Maria Francesca Luna Javalera, a member of an oyster growing co-operative, walks down to the water to  harvest oysters near Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico. Puerto Penasco is known as Rocky Point among visitors to the Mexican beach town on the Sea of Cortez. The area is famous for wide beaches and fresh seafood, especially shellfish.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    OysterHarvest019.jpg
  • 01 NOVEMBER 2004 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Riders exit and board a train in the Cuauhtemoc station on the Mexico City Metro (subway) system. Because of high levels of air pollution, expensive gasoline, lack of parking and the comparatively high cost of cars most Mexicans rely on mass transit to get around the city of nearly 20 million people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5005.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Carlos Lopez Perez, 12, right, and an adult pick through the garbage in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5015.jpg
  • 01 NOVEMBER 2004 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: People in line to board busses at the Chapultapec transit center in downtown Mexico City. Because of high levels of air pollution, expensive gasoline, lack of parking and the cost of cars most Mexicans rely on mass transit to get around the city of nearly 20 million people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5001.jpg
  • 01 NOVEMBER 2004 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: A subway train rolls into the Sevilla station on the Mexico City Metro (subway) system. Because of high levels of air pollution, expensive gasoline, lack of parking and the comparatively high cost of cars most Mexicans rely on mass transit to get around the city of nearly 20 million people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5002.jpg
  • 01 NOVEMBER 2004 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Riders exit and board a train in the Cuauhtemoc station on the Mexico City Metro (subway) system. Because of high levels of air pollution, expensive gasoline, lack of parking and the comparatively high cost of cars most Mexicans rely on mass transit to get around the city of nearly 20 million people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5003.jpg
  • 01 NOVEMBER 2004 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Riders on a train in the Mexico City Metro (subway) system. Because of high levels of air pollution, expensive gasoline, lack of parking and the comparatively high cost of cars most Mexicans rely on mass transit to get around the city of nearly 20 million people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5006.jpg
  • 01 NOVEMBER 2004 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Riders on a train in the Mexico City Metro (subway) system. Because of high levels of air pollution, expensive gasoline, lack of parking and the comparatively high cost of cars most Mexicans rely on mass transit to get around the city of nearly 20 million people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5007.jpg
  • 01 NOVEMBER 2004 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Riders on a train in the Mexico City Metro (subway) system. Because of high levels of air pollution, expensive gasoline, lack of parking and the comparatively high cost of cars most Mexicans rely on mass transit to get around the city of nearly 20 million people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5008.jpg
  • 01 NOVEMBER 2004 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Riders on a train in the Mexico City Metro (subway) system. Because of high levels of air pollution, expensive gasoline, lack of parking and the comparatively high cost of cars most Mexicans rely on mass transit to get around the city of nearly 20 million people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5009.jpg
  • 01 NOVEMBER 2004 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Riders on a train in the Mexico City Metro (subway) system. Because of high levels of air pollution, expensive gasoline, lack of parking and the comparatively high cost of cars most Mexicans rely on mass transit to get around the city of nearly 20 million people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5010.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: People walk to work through a flock of vultures in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5012.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: Carlos Lopez Perez, 12, right, and an adult pick through the garbage in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5013.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman walks through the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, while a garbage truck drives in. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5035.jpg
  • 01 NOVEMBER 2004 - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Riders on a train in the Mexico City Metro (subway) system. Because of high levels of air pollution, expensive gasoline, lack of parking and the comparatively high cost of cars most Mexicans rely on mass transit to get around the city of nearly 20 million people. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5004.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman and her child watch a family eat lunch in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5019.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: People pick through the garbage in the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5029.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman and her child walk through the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5032.jpg
  • 09 NOVEMBER 2004 - TAPACHULA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO: A woman walks through the municipal garbage dump in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico, while a garbage truck drives in. About 130 people, the poorest of the poor in Tapachula, work in the dump picking through the garbage hoping to find tidbits they can use or sell to brokers who sit on the edge of the dump and resell the garbage. Most of the dump workers are Guatemalan migrants who crossed the border hoping, at one time, to get to the United States. Now they have settled for an existence on the very edge of Mexican society. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Mexico5034.jpg
  • 14 FEBRUARY 2003 -- PUERTO PENASCO, SONORA, MEXICO: Maria Francesca Luna Javalera, a member of an oyster growing co-operative, walks down to the water to  harvest oysters near Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico. Puerto Penasco is known as Rocky Point among visitors to the Mexican beach town on the Sea of Cortez. The area is famous for wide beaches and fresh seafood, especially shellfish.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    OysterHarvest014.jpg
  • 14 FEBRUARY 2003 -- PUERTO PENASCO, SONORA, MEXICO: Maria Francesca Luna Javalera, a member of an oyster growing co-operative, walks down to the water to  harvest oysters near Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico. Puerto Penasco is known as Rocky Point among visitors to the Mexican beach town on the Sea of Cortez. The area is famous for wide beaches and fresh seafood, especially shellfish.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    OysterHarvest017.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: A musician's silhoutte is cast against a beer umbrella in Plaza Union Jardin in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002.  .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Guanajuato001.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: A musician waits to perform on Plaza Union Jardin in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002.  .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Guanajuato002.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: A Callejoneada, or traditional Spanish style singer, holds his bass while waiting to perform in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002. Callejon is the Spanish word for alley and is used to describe the streets of Guanajuato. Callejoneadas walk through the alleys of Guanajuato serenading the city's residents with Mexican and Spanish folk songs.   .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Guanajuato004.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: The bell tower and steeple of Templo San Diego, a historic Catholic church, is framed by wrought iron grill work in the gazebo of Plaza Union Jardin in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002.  .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Guanajuato005.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: The Teatro Juarez near Plaza Union Jardin in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002.  .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Guanajuato006.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: Night time street scene near Plaza Union Jardin in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002.  .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Guanajuato007.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: Templo San Bautista, framed by the historic architecture of Guanajuato is lit up at night in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002.  .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Guanajuato008.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: People walk into the Basilica of Our Lady of Guanajuato during an evening mass in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002.  .PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Guanajuato009.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: A man walks into La Compania Catholic church before mass in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Guanajuato010.jpg
  • 16 JANUARY 2002, GUANAJUATO, GUANAJUATO, MEXICO: An Aztec dancer in front of Templo de Pardoe Catholic Church during a service honoring the Virgin of Guadalupe in the city of Gunajuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Jan. 16, 2002. .PHOTO BY JACK  Kurtz
    Guanajuato011.jpg
Next
View: 100 | All
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

Jack Kurtz, Photojournalist & Travel Photographer

  • Published Work
  • Photographs
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • Jack on Instagram
  • About
  • Contact
  • My Occasional Blog
  • Portfolios on Behance
  • Portfolio