Photo Essay: Mexican Cowboys in a YouTube World David Gonzalez - The New York Times
go to original December 30, 2013

Vaqueros de la Cruz del Diablo is a photography essay about the Northern Mexico Vaqueros (cowboys) set in Huasabas, a small town nestled in the Sierra Madre Mountains (Sonora, Mexico). The project encompasses 20 years worth of images that reflect the human essence and traditions of this sinuous corner of Mexico. The everyday life of the Vaquero is transformed into a visual story intended to draw the audience into the complex composition of this small town of 1,000 inhabitants. (Werner Segarra)

The trail that led Werner Segarra to being a cowboy snaked from Puerto Rico, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Arizona before he found himself at a ranch in Huásabas, Mexico. Mind you, when he first got there — part of a 10-day high school travel experience — he (and his teacher) thought he was going to work in a gas station. He imagined himself popping out tires and checking the oil.

There was a gas station in Huásabas. And its owner also had land, horses and a real-life ranch. Suddenly, young Werner — who grew up devouring German adventure novels about the American West — found himself on horseback alongside Mexican cowhands.

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