Lourdes Grobet / The Laboratorio de Teatro Campesino e Indígena: Half a Century of History

A visual history of an indigenous Mexican theater collective, with photography from a famed lucha libra documentarian Lourdes Grobet.

Operating across Mexico since 1983, The Laboratorio de Teatro Campesino e Indígena is a mass, communitarian, indigenous and rural theatre collective. This volume traces the group’s history through critical essays alongside photos by Lourdes Grobet (1940–2022), known for her documentation of Mexican lucha libre wrestlers.

The winner of the best historical photo book award at the Les Rencontres de la Photographie festival in Arles in 2023.