The Beast: the face of some of its territories and inhabitants

Abstract

The present manuscript introduces a review of ethnographic photography that shows a part of the daily life of Central American migrants who use freight trains as a means of transport to cross Mexico and try to reach the United States. The images of the Beast and its territories of passage try to base a reconstruction of the experience of these migrants and their experiences during the transmexican transit from the collection of ethnographic data carried out in different parts of Mexico -between 2014 and 2016 - on train tracks, railway stations and on board the same freight trains. In this way, the compilation of images presented here aims to examine the ways in which these migrants experience their journeys in the Beast and what is the value and symbolism they attribute to this means of transport.