*ahem*
i was born without incident in a dingy hospital in the
town if tuxtla gutierrez, chiapas. i weighed
approximately six pounds and cried upon my birth.
as a child i spent many an afternoon sitting on the
rooftop of my house peering through binoculars at the
rhinoceros wandering about through the caliente
racehorse track. by then my family had re located to
tijuana, baja california norte.
my family was soon to re locate again, this time to
the bordering city of san diego, where punk rock soon
took control of my life.
i did not start photographing until my nineteenth
year. now twentytwo, (that's three years elapsed for
you non math people out there) i have absolutely
nothing to show for it save the pictures i've taken.
RAQUEL MENDOZA