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“Mexico Under Construction” is a photographic series capturing the construction of some of Mexico’s most iconic modern buildings, including the National Museum of Anthropology (Pedro Ramírez Vázquez with Rafael Mijares and Jorge Campuzano, 1964), the Olympic Swimming Pool (Manuel Rossen Morrison, Antonio Recamier Montes, and Edmundo Bringas, 1968), the Polyforum Siqueiros (Joaquín Álvarez Ordóñez, Guillermo Rossell de la Lama, Ramón Mikelajáuregui, with David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1967), the Palacio de los Deportes (Félix Candela, Antonio Peyrí Macià, and Enrique Castañeda Tamborell, 1968), and the Azteca Stadium (Pedro Ramírez Vázquez with Rafael Mijares, 1966).
Unlike traditional architectural photography—which often emphasizes formal compositions or structural achievements—Schalkwijk’s lens places construction workers at the center of the frame. These are profoundly humanistic photographs that highlight the rhythms of collective labor and the dignity of everyday work, offering an alternative narrative to one focused solely on monumental architecture or national milestones. In doing so, Schalkwijk reframes the story of Mexican modernity as one shaped not only by architects and engineers, but by the countless hands that physically built it.
