MEXICO. Sonora. Caborca. Thursday, May 13, 2021. A quinceañera is a celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday, marking the transition from childhood to womanhood. Families typically spend an average of $20,000 and prepare for the celebration for years. For this image, I followed Flor during her official photo session with a local photographer in Caborca, one of the most violent towns in the state of Sonora. In December of the same year, a group of gunmen stormed another quinceañera celebration in the same area, shooting six people dead and leaving 14 more injured. The motivations behind this incident remain unknown at the current time.