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Susana San Juan

El Mundo Inalcanzable de Susana San Juan
Homenaje a Juan Rulfo

“El Mundo Inalcanzable de Susana San Juan is a series of photographs based on the Mexican novel Pedro Páramo, a tragic myth of Mexico, by Juan Rulfo. The setting is a town in ruins; the characters, souls wandering in it, doing penance, telling their stories.

Among them is Susana San Juan, whose entire discourse is one of memory and delusions, delivered from her tomb. It is the story of a woman forced to take refuge in madness as a means of protecting her inner world from the ravages of the forces around her: a cruel and tyrannical patriarchy, a church that offers no redemption, the senseless violence of revolution, death itself.

These photographs are my attempt to depict this world as seen through the eyes of its tragic heroine. It is my homage in images to Mexico, to Juan Rulfo and to Susana San Juans everywhere who will not be possessed.

This series was created in collaboration with Jacqueline Miró and is dedicated to my daughter Iris.”  –  Josephine Sacabo

El Pueblo
El Camino
Susana San Juan
El Vuelo
La Golondrina
El Arbolito
Los Escalones
Susana y La Muerte
Cuerpo Atado
El Paramo
Ave Muerta
Luz de Candela
La Vela
La Llama
Cuartos Abandonados
La Mano
El Patron
La Catedral
La Pordiosera
La Fiesta
Espinas
El Viento
Susana en las Sombras
El Final
La Ruina
El Volcan

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