“Mexico City is one of the most fascinating cities,” Graham tells Huck. The resulting images, taken on city’s streets and subway systems, are captured in his new book The Last Car. ![]() Armed with his camera, Graham went to investigate – and discovered a queer scene more vibrant than he could ever have imagined. The legend of “the last car” had apparently been widely whispered about in the city, but few knew whether there was any truth to the rumours. He immediately said: ‘There is your project!’” When I told Alex this story and showed him the photograph, he had said he had never heard or seen anything about Mexico City LGBT life. ![]() “My friend then recounted a story about how the last car in the Mexico City subways became a gay cruising ground at night. “I had photographed a male couple embracing in front of a neon sign that read ‘Puto’ ,” Graham remembers. ![]() The New York-based location scout had just begun a photography mentorship with the legendary Alex and Rebecca Norris Webb, and was on the look-out for stories to shoot.īut in a country soaked with stimuli, the choice to settle on one was almost too overwhelming – and it was only during a meeting with a friend in a Mexico City gay bar that an idea finally struck. David Graham had been struggling to find inspiration when he first arrived in Mexico.
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