About Niall Lynch
Niall Lynch was born in Norway and raised in Alaska. He has a BA in Russian from Reed college and an M.A. in Ancient Near Eastern Languages from the University of Chicago.
He lived in Chicago for 20 years, where he first encountered Mexican artists and art, and first began to understand the special bond between that city and the Mexican art scene. Because of these relationships, he has travelled extensively in Mexico, and has a special affection for CDMX, where he benefited greatly from learning about Mexico’s great artistic culture, both traditional and avant garde.
Niall spent 35 years in software development, but now is a writer, currently working on two novels.
About Fernando Franco
Fernando Franco is a Mexican photographer who has traveled the world with his camera, recording events such as, Olympics Games, Soccer World Cups, Pan American Games and in the end, return to his country to document the Mexican traditions resulting from the syncretism that took place for the Spanish conquest in America.
This is how for several years he has been recording the evolution of the Devils of the Carnival of San Martín Tilcajete in Oaxaca and how this tradition retains its origins and at the same time evolves year after year.