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The Face of the Mountain

Matt Black's photo essay captures the daily life of the dwindling Mixtec population of San Miguel Cuevas, Mexico

Matt Black
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Matt Black Fog drifts through deserted streets. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2000. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black Surveying a field after burning. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2000. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black An elderly woman harvests corn. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2006. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black A man returns home from his remote cornfield. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2007. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black Awaiting the start of a burial at the cemetery. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2000. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black Saint's Day celebration. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2006. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black Farmers till a cornfield. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2000. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black A farmer works with his plow team. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2006. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black A girl harvests corn with her grandmother. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2006. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black A girl works at her family's farmhouse. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2006. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black Sisters empty their family's corncrib. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2008. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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Matt Black A woman cooks in the kitchen of her home. San Miguel Cuevas, Oaxaca, Mexico. 2006. © Matt Black | Magnum Photos
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San Miguel Cuevas is an indigenous Mixtec community in the highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico. They have lost eighty percent of their population to migration.
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2000s , Black & White , Community , Documentary , Indigenous people , Matt Black , Mexico , Migration , Newsroom , Population , Society
- Written by Max Wallis · Apr 29, 2016

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