Mexico City-based photographer Marco Ugarte was given training in safety and respect for the pyrotechnics before he aimed his camera on the explosive party.
Marco Ugarte has been a photographer based in Mexico City for over 30 years. He covered the fireworks festival in nearby Tultepec for just the second time a week ago.
Here is what he said in Spanish about the experience to Deputy Director of Global Photography Enric Marti.The artisans of the fireworks industry in Tultepec, Mexico, every year during the first week of March, pay tribute to the patron saint of the poor and sick, Saint John of God, with a festival in which they light papier-mâché bulls filled with pyrotechnics. The makers of fireworks see Saint John of God as a protective figure.
We connected with the Cortes family and documented how they prepared their giant bulls on wooden and metal structures, and how they prepared and mixed the gunpowder to make the sparklers.huge and devastating explosionWhat I tried to show in the story is the makers’ devotion to what they love: their art, their patron saint, their craftsmanship, their bulls and the passion of their lives: “the pyrotechnics.” This photo summarizes all that in one image.
For protection, we wore ear buds and cotton clothes soaked in water. We were told to cover our eyes with swimming goggles or a gas mask, to wear a helmet or cap and to carry a wet towel.Always remember that in dangerous situations like these, you are not alone, someone will help you, but you must always be ready to assist others who need your help.
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