I stumbled across photographer Dulce Pinzón’s brilliant photography project, Superheroes, this morning, and it immediately grabbed me. Having moved to California in the last year or so, it was quite a change for me to see the large population of Mexican immigrants firsthand. Most of them hold down the hard jobs and the dirty jobs that need to be done. They remind me of my Dad, working 16 hour days in 130 degree temperatures with a broken foot so that I had clothes (yes, that actually happened). He did it for his family. Pinzón’s project documents the immigrant workers who are doing it for their families. She photographs them at their jobs dressed as various Superheroes, because that is exactly what they are. They push themselves to superhuman levels to help those they love. My favorite part is probably the little captions under each photo telling how much that person sends home to their family in Mexico. If I could ever get my Dad to wear anything other than LSU sweatshirts I would probably put him in a Hulk costume, and under the photo it would say: Dennis Martin, sends home everything he’s ever had.

Dulce Pinzón - Superheroes

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