Piedras Negras, Coahuila, March 2000
As readers of this blog can surmise, I spent a lot of time in the city of Piedras Negras. The genesis for a series on the brilliant colors found in the state of Coahuila was here. The juxtaposition of forms, of ostensibly ashen masonry and dry-rotting wood miraculously brought back to life by mere coats of paint is at once the simplest thing in the world, and also the most fascinating.
