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Book - Luciérnaga 

Yael Martinez 

Luciérnaga is in many ways a ritual. An attempt to exorcise the unresolved traumas in the spectral landscape of Magnum Photographer Yael Martinez’s homeland in Guerrero, México.

The work began in 2013 after three members of the artist's family disappeared. This tragedy began an investigation into the pervasive violence of organized crime in the region, how it infiltrates daily life and transforms the spirit of a place. He later spent time alongside other families with missing loved ones. Through these encounters, dots were connected beyond the artist's immediate family and across borders into... 

Yael Martinez 2019

MEXICO. Guerrero. February 18, 2019. My daugther Itzel Martínez... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2020. Landscape of the mountain. Intervened... 

Yael Martinez 2017

MEXICO. Guerrero. La Sabana. 2017. A man working at the slaughter... 

Yael Martinez 2019

MEXICO. Guerrero. Taxco. 2019. Tania Fernandez at her house.... 

Yael Martinez 2018

MEXICO. Sinaloa. Los Mochis. 2018. The family of Zumiko Ortega... 

Yael Martinez 2022

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2022. Offerrings to San Miguel in the Hill... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Guerrero. 13 December 2020. Poppy flower. Mexico is one... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Guerrero. 11 December 2020. Landscape of the mountain... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. Children walking through fog and smoke... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Oaxaca. 2020. One of the last Redondos in Oaxaca. A redondo... 

Yael Martinez 2021

USA. New York. Queens. 2021. Family members who emigrated from... 

Yael Martinez 2019

MEXICO. Sonora. 2019. A kid from the Lebaron's family, plays... 

Yael Martinez 2022

MEXICO. 2022. AMI Commission. 

Yael Martinez 2018

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2018. Supporters attend during a campaign rally... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. The men of the Gonzalez Sierra family... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. La Concepcion Copanatoyac. Children playing... 

Yael Martinez 2020

Mexico.Veracruz.2020. A police dog looking for humans bones in... 

Yael Martinez 2021

HONDURAS. Tegucigalpa. Colonia Nueva Capital. April 15, 2021.??... 

Yael Martinez 2020

Mexico.Veracruz.2020. The group of Las rastreadoras del Fuerte... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Sinaloa. Los Mochis. 2020. Carmen Rosas, a member of... 

Yael Martinez 2022

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2020. Water droplets like stars. Intervened... 

Yael Martinez 2017

MEXICO. Guerrero. Acapulco. 2017. Slaughter house in the Sabana... 
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Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. Abuelo-Estrella. A Na Savi elder on the... 

Yael Martinez 2022

MEXICO. Guerrero. Puente. 2022. A cloud of smoke is painted red... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Taxco, Guerrero. 2020. The space between us from the... 

Yael Martinez 2017

MEXICO. Guerrero. December 31, 2020. The cultivation of the poppy... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Taxco, Guerrero. 2020. Luz at her grandfathers home,... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Taxco, Guerrero. 2020. Machete, from the series: "Firefly".... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. A portrait of a young man living in a... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 19 January 2021. A wedding of the Na Savi indigenous... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. A child plays inside her home in the... 

Yael Martinez 2018

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2018. A man burns a torito (fireworks) to celebrate... 

Yael Martinez 2017

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2017. Chicken feathers.

It is common that... 

Yael Martinez 2022

MEXICO. 2022. AMI Commission. 

Yael Martinez 2020

Mexico.Guerrero.Acapulco. 2020. Carla waiting at home in La sabana... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Sinaloa. 2020. Day of the dead. Mirna Nereida, the leader... 

Yael Martinez 2017

MEXICO. Zitlala, Guerrero. 2017. Tiger fither inside a cave (sacred... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. A child from the Martinez Family is playing... 

Yael Martinez 2016

MEXICO. Veracruz. Tlacotalpan. 2016. Mangrove swamp. 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. Malinaltepec. 2021. Tha hand and the Chapulin.... 

Yael Martinez 2020

Mexico.Sinaloa. Los mochis.2020. members of Las rastreadoras... 

Yael Martinez 2020

Mexico, Sinaloa. Los Mochis. 2020. The funeral of the Alvarez... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. 2021. At a village cementary in La Concepcion Mexico,... 

Yael Martinez 2020

Mexico.Sinaloa. Los mochis.2020. A landscape in los Mochis... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. Huehuetepec. 2021. Felipa Garcia Reyes planting... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. An animal sacrifice for a festival in... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. Every December 31st, the Na Savi indigenous... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. 2021. Preparation for the feast of Guadalupe. The tepeyac.... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2020. Poppy flower. Intervened photography.... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2020. Burial March. 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2020. Every December 31st, the Na Savi indigenous... 

Yael Martinez 2014

MEXICO. Guerrero. Taxco. 2014. Amada Cruz (my mother-in-law)... 

Yael Martinez 2022

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. The day of the dead celebration in the... 

Yael Martinez 2018

MEXICO. Guerrero. Acapulco. 2018. Crime scene in the neighborhood... 

Yael Martinez 2023

MEXICO. Guerrero. Xalpatlahuac. 2023. A Nahua women performing... 

Yael Martinez 2021

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2021. A landscape of the mountains at night.... 

Yael Martinez 2018

MEXICO. Guerrero. Acapulco. 2018. A street at night in the costera... 

Yael Martinez 2020

MEXICO. Guerrero. 2017. Alin Granda at her father's home in Taxco... 

Yael Martinez 2019

PERU. Lima. 2019. A building in Downtown Lima. Intervened photography.... 
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