PABLO ORTIZ MONASTERIO: THE LAST CITY POLAROID KID as well as with the

as well as with the rugged landscape

this photobook is a landmark in contemporary photography and a cornerstone of Avedon’s career

and their public pay phones are a recurring theme in this work

making it a rare testimony to this point in time

PABLO ORTIZ MONASTERIO: THE LAST CITY POLAROID KID as well as with the"Stendhals famous definition of the novela mirror carried along a roadcould well apply to The Last City. But Ortiz Monasterio's is a selective mirror, precise and implacable, which retains only that which is worth preserving." Jos Emilio Pacheco Mexico City presents a post apocalyptic paradigm, rivaled only, perhaps, by Los Angelesit is a metropolis ravaged by immense poverty, crime, and the ill effects of overpopulation. As a street photographer