Great Photojournalism from Mexico- a deep & rich tradition
Ok I hesitate to do this, because there is always that idea of tabula rosa, coming to Mexico City with a clean slate, able to create and document with as little outside influence as possible. But Im going to ignore that idea, mostly due to the fact that Mexico and Mexico DF have a rich and deep tradition of fantastic photojournalism work stretching back 100 years or more. While Im sure Im gonna leave out some crucial folks, Id like to post some links to some great old and new shooters who have and are bringing Mexican stories into the 21st century.
First off, Joe Rodriguez- his work on sex workers in DF is fantastic, gritty and intensive.
Spirit and Flesh: Mexico’s Sex Revolution
Next up is a personal friend of mine, Rodrigo Cruz, who has done some great work with the villages of Guerrero state. 
A deceased photog, more known for his literary genius than his photography, is Juan Rulfo. His work on Mexico from the early and mid 20th century is fantastic, revealatory- for me, a window on a lost world. is work is rather tough to find online, at least in any great number. Ive attached some here. 
Here’s another link to some Rulfo work online: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://sepiensa.org.mx/contenidos/l_rulfopo/img/rb2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sepiensa.org.mx/contenidos/l_rulfopo/rulfo2.htm&h=367&w=400&sz=19&hl=en&start=115&um=1&tbnid=WEe6NjSPcS-m0M:&tbnh=114&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djuan%2Brulfo%26start%3D100%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN
Maya Goded, a Magnum photographer from Mexico CIty, has some fabulous work on prostitutes in DF as well. Here’s one of hers:
www.magnumphotos.com
Boogie, while not Mexican, has done some cool work in Mexico City-
Finally, of course we need to look at Manuel Alvarez Bravo, perhaps Mexico’s greatest photographer, who died in 2002.
