In this 96 page book, Jack Lueders-Booth explores the living conditions, the people, and the culture of settlements surrounding the municipal dumps of Tijuana, Mexico. In these dumpes, people live and survive surrounded by squalor and cast-offs. Life in poverty, sustained by the excesses of others.
The lives of the peoples living in Tijuana landfills are chronicled in several books written by Luis Alberto Urrea, author of Inherit the Land’s introduction, with supporting photography by Lueders-Booth. Published in 2005, Inherit the Land is the first time Lueders-Booth’s photography takes center stage to tell the story of these landfill communities. Lueders-Booth presents his photography without caption or title, allowing the viewer to fill in the details supported by the introduction and afterward by Frank Gohlke. - Joshua Wright, 35mmc