A new photoessay by Bill Bell
Some places deserve an unhurried visit. Guadalajara’s Cabañas is one of them. Beneath its chapel dome, José Clemente Orozco’s murals draw the eye from immense scenes to the smallest human gesture.
In a new photoessay on Drive Mexico Magazine, Bill Bell shares six photographs and reflects on the emotional force of these paintings: sombre faces, symbols of belief and power, a ship beside a sweeping sea, and the extraordinary colour of El Hombre de Fuego.
Orozco painted the chapel’s 57 frescoes between 1937 and 1939. The former Hospicio Cabañas is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But this story is also about the experience of looking—allowing time for the work to raise questions, and carrying those impressions back into the city.
Read the complete photoessay and see Bill’s photographs on Drive Mexico Magazine.
Lee el ensayo fotográfico completo en español.
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