we love our employees
we love our employees by Alejandro Cartagena
Everything was wonderful. In these photographs, you’ll notice a palpable beauty, healthy bodies, nice clothes, exquisite
hairstyles, you might smell a well-matched perfume. The context is one of economic bonanza. Healthy, erect; these workers model
the best employees: tense, but obedient; frightened, but with their lives resolved — what André Gorz sums up in his sentence: “To lose
one’s life to gain a living.” Ximena Peredo text for We Love Our Employees
Soft cover
2019
Book concept by Alejandro Cartagena
Editing by Fernando Gallegos and Alejandro Cartagena
Text by Ximena Peredo
Design by Gato Negro and Alejandro Cartagena
Published by Gato Negro
Mexico City
Risograph
112 pages
Everything was wonderful. In these photographs, you’ll notice a palpable beauty, healthy bodies, nice clothes, exquisite
hairstyles, you might smell a well-matched perfume. The context is one of economic bonanza. Healthy, erect; these workers model
the best employees: tense, but obedient; frightened, but with their lives resolved — what André Gorz sums up in his sentence: “To lose
one’s life to gain a living.” Ximena Peredo text for We Love Our Employees
Soft cover
2019
Book concept by Alejandro Cartagena
Editing by Fernando Gallegos and Alejandro Cartagena
Text by Ximena Peredo
Design by Gato Negro and Alejandro Cartagena
Published by Gato Negro
Mexico City
Risograph
112 pages