Mexico

Baja Interior

March 2021 • Judging by the clusters of pricey toys—boats, RVs, ATVs—that dot the coastline, it's the sea that lures most visitors to Baja. Dr. Seuss must've been a landlubber, because his illustrated landscapes are full of cirio, an otherworldly cactus that grows only in the Baja interior between latitudes 28 and 30. Driving through Valle de los Cirios was hours of constant distraction, camera primed for another quick portrait of a particularly humanoid form. Their poses ran the gamut: watchful, freakish, ominous, saucy, playful, beckoning. Rarely has such a desolate landscape turned out to be so rich with personality.  

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