Racial Profiling

is a portrait series created in collaboration with Marina García-Vásquez of the NY Mex and the City collective, documenting the diversity of contemporary Mexican identity in the US and the complex connections between Mexicans and their adopted country. Over five years, Carlos Álvarez-Montero built an archive of more than 100 portraits — not of the most successful, but of the most interesting.

The title stems from a shared experience: the uncomfortable “you don’t look Mexican” both received in New York. A reminder that identity cannot be reduced to a stereotype.

Mex n´The City Founders (Copy) — Mex n´The City Founders

Alma Geddy-Romero (Copy) — Alma Geddy-Romero

DECON

Bernardo Loyola (Copy) — Bernardo Loyola

DIRECTOR OF VICE MEDIA EN ESPAÑOL

Carlos Couturier (Copy) — Carlos Couturier

Carlos Quirarte (Copy) — Carlos Quirarte

Francisco Cervantes (Copy) — Francisco Cervantes

Marcelo Cunning (Copy) — Marcelo Cunning

Miriam Castillo (Copy) — Miriam Castillo

Mitzi & Angelita (Copy) — Mitzi & Angelita

Sarvia Jasso & Kathryn García (Copy) — Sarvia Jasso & Kathryn García

Victoria Alexander (Copy) — Victoria Alexander

Public Relations

Willy Chavarria (Copy) — Willy Chavarria

Claudette Walls Manlo (Copy) — Claudette Walls Manlo

Diego Gutierrez (Copy) — Diego Gutierrez

Gabriela Alva Cal y Mayor (Copy) — Gabriela Alva Cal y Mayor

Giovanni Cervantes (Copy) — Giovanni Cervantes

José Covarrubias (Copy) — José Covarrubias

Jennifer Rincón (Copy) — Jennifer Rincón

Marina García-Vázquez (Copy) — Marina García-Vázquez

Santiago Sierra (Copy) — Santiago Sierra

Amanda Martínez (Copy) — Amanda Martínez

Brittany Gallardo (Copy) — Brittany Gallardo

Julia del Palacio (Copy) — Julia del Palacio

Mariana Barrera Pieck (Copy) — Mariana Barrera Pieck

Alejandro Alcocér (Copy) — Alejandro Alcocér

Regina Galvanduque (Copy) — Regina Galvanduque

Ricardo & Gerardo Cid (Copy) — Ricardo & Gerardo Cid

Karla Díaz & Mario Ybarra Jr (Copy) — Karla Díaz & Mario Ybarra Jr

Shizu Saltamondo (Copy) — Shizu Saltamondo

Gustavo Arellano (Copy) — Gustavo Arellano

Humberto Carmona (Copy) — Humberto Carmona

Teere & Gaby Artigas (Copy) — Teere & Gaby Artigas

Carla Fernández (Copy) — Carla Fernández

Alejandra Quesada (Copy) — Alejandra Quesada

Eva Posas & Rodrigo Téllez Repetto (Copy) — Eva Posas & Rodrigo Téllez Repetto

Fabiola Zamora & Danae Salazár (Copy) — Fabiola Zamora & Danae Salazár

Daniel Hernández (Copy) — Daniel Hernández

Emmanuel Picault (Copy) — Emmanuel Picault

Jerónimo Reyes & Rita Marimen (Bang Buró) (Copy) — Jerónimo Reyes & Rita Marimen (Bang Buró)

Mauricio Paniagua & Tony Moxham (Copy) — Mauricio Paniagua & Tony Moxham

Veronica Benavides (Copy) — Veronica Benavides

Fiamma Piacentini (Copy) — Fiamma Piacentini