Every try reveals a different version of myself: a reckless one who forgets to put on the lens cap, an obsessive one who thinks twice before typing each comma; one who enjoys breaking the rules of structure and harmony, and another one who follows them. One disobeys rules with enthusiasm, the other one walks the line. Among them, one decided to compile these attempts at self-definition: we are what we do—and here are the samples.
I write, photograph, and make music, but the labels that these activities carry unease me. On paper, I am a historian of Latin America, science, and art (a recovering political scientist, still). I have no formal training in anything else.
Some credentials: after abandoning a chemical engineering degree halfway, I studied Politics and Public Administration at El Colegio de México. Under the guidance of Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo, I wrote a thesis that became my first book El pasado que me espera: bosquejo de etnografía cinemática (Mexico, Bonilla Artigas, 2023).
In 2021, I finished my Master’s degree in History at The University of Texas at Austin, where I currently pursue my doctoral degree in History. I am currently a Leonard A. Lauder Fellow at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, working on my dissertation project: “Covarrubias’ Crossings: Art, Science, and the Global Politics of Ethnographic Image-Making.” My university academic profile is available here.
My current CV is available here.
Retrato por César Camacho