José Baroja: City

“The person on foot realizes that there is no misery in cities like Madrid or Barcelona, ​​first world cities that, I think, have lost the heart that Latin Americans still have.”

“…resignation is like the rain in Mexico City, sometimes sad, arbitrary and inopportune.”

“Without money there is no lasting imagination in this city!”

“At times, he yearns for the few pockets of darkness that remain on this night so illuminated by that cursed moon, by the despicable stars, by the cursed vehicles, by the hateful city.”

“The city is not just a setting, but also a character with its own voice.”

“The city becomes an ideal metaphor for how I perceive human beings.”

“Sometimes what screams the loudest in a city is what makes no sound.”

“I’m not interested in portraying the official city, the one that appears on postcards or government videos, but that other one—the one that pulses on the margins.”

“One could say I understand the city as an entity that shapes those who inhabit it, even though, in the process, it can become an anthropophagous being, merciless—especially toward the less privileged.”