Dulce Pinzón is a Mexico treasure of a photographer. As a Mexico City native, she studied photography here and then in Pennsylvania and New York, before launching her lauded career as a professional photographer.

Her work blends a love for the nostalgic with a strong political sensibility and sense of cultural responsibility. A particular favorite series of ours is called “Real Stories of Superheroes,” which Pinzón began thinking of in the aftermath of September 11th, but started photographing in 2006 to reimagine the concept of a hero in New York. “The Mexican immigrant worker in New York is a perfect example of the hero who has gone unnoticed,” Pinzón writes. “The principle objective of this series is to pay homage to these brave and determined men and women that somehow manage, without the help of any supernatural power, to withstand extreme conditions of labor in order to help their families and communities survive and prosper.”

As such, the Superheroes project consists of twenty photos of Mexican workers in New York, dressed in the cloaks of popular iconic superheroes, but in their native work environment. Each photograph is captioned with the worker’s name, hometown, years of service in New York, and the weekly allowance they send home to their families in Mexico.

The Real Story of the Superheroes is just one piece of Pinzón’s impressive canon. Check out her website here.