Larry Towell Mennonites in the Cuauhtémoc Colonies. Mexico. 1992.
“I'd spent a week driving from the Canadian border to Chihuahua in Mexico with Jacob and Susanna Wheeler and their seven children. Sometimes I
(...) rode with the boys in the pickup: sometimes with the parents and younger kids in the van. This was the first Mennonite migrant family I'd gotten to know. In the colonies around Cuauhtémoc, it was fall harvest. On a wagon full of oats, Cornelius Wall leaned over and kissed his wife Helen. The most conservative Mennonites in the world never publicly kiss, let alone in front of a camera. It didn't seem to bother them, meaning I'd gained their confidence. I would keep in touch with Cornie and Helen for years to come.”
– Larry Towell © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
