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Manuel Bayo Gisbert
[edit]Manuel Bayo Gisbert (born 1997) is a Mexican photographer and filmmaker. His work explores themes of state violence, enforced disappearances, historical memory in Mexico and personal trauma.[1]
Themes & Approach
[edit]Central to Bayo Gisbert’s practice are themes of collective memory, violence, disappearance, and trauma. His work is informed in part by his own kidnapping in June 2020, and explores the histories of state repression in Mexico—from guerrilla massacres in the 1960s and 1970s, to the enforced disappearances in Ayotzinapa, necropolitics, cartel violence, and cartel–state collusion.[2]
Works
[edit]Monument (2020–present)
[edit]Monument is Bayo Gisbert’s long-term, multimedia project that investigates enforced disappearances, state-sponsored terror, and violence in Mexico.[3] Combining still and moving images, it employs investigative and participatory methods to explore these themes. The project includes installations, print and audio essays—such as Looking for the Missing People of Mexico, published by The New York Times in 2024—and several films. One of these, I Remember[4], centers on the enforced disappearance of 19 year-old Atzin Molina Salinas and examines the ecological devastation in Totonac territory.[5]
Exhibitions & Publications
[edit]Monument debuted as an exhibition in September 2024 at the U.S. Congress’s Rayburn House Office Building—supported by Amnesty International, Global Exchange, the National Security Archive, and Latin America Working Group (LAWG.)[6] This work has also been published in a series of essays in The New York Times.[7]
Personal Life
[edit]He studied film directing in CCC (Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica)[8] and Photojournalism in ICP (International Center of Photography).[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Gisbert, Manuel Bayo (2024-05-08). "Opinion | Looking for the Missing People of Mexico". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ Gisbert, Manuel Bayo; Arthur, Derek (2025-02-12). "Opinion | I Survived a Kidnapping in Mexico. Now I Tell the Stories of Those Who Didn't". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ Gisbert, Manuel Bayo (2024-05-08). "Opinion | Looking for the Missing People of Mexico". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ "ENTR'ACTE: I Remember". Manuel Bayo Gisbert (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ "AFTERWORD: Draw a Straight Line and Follow It". Manuel Bayo Gisbert (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ admlawg (2024-09-04). "Empty Graves, Empty Promises: A Photographic Journey into Mexico's Disappearance Crisis and the Role of the U.S." Latin America Working Group. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ "Manuel Bayo Gisbert - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ^ "ABOUT". Manuel Bayo Gisbert (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ "NY TIMES: Looking for the Missing People of Mexico - basearts.com". 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2025-07-13.