V.I.P.

Photographs by Mark Alor Powell
Published by Editorial Diamantina, Mexico DF

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Objectivity be damned.

Mark Alor Powell is making some of the best photography on the planet. When you get your hands on a copy of V.I.P., lock yourself in a car until the rain comes down and tornados touchdown somewhere. You've been warned.

--Michael David Murphy, 2point8. [Link to full review.]


Seeing this compact jewel of a book for the first time, it's even more gorgeous than I figured it would be. Locaburg's very important people are laid out with great intelligence, both in echoing pairs and extended sequences. Throughout the pages, blocks of sumptuous colors keyed to either major or minor highlights in the pictures offer almost musical bursts of emotional frisson.

--Andrew Long, The Daily Fotolog. [Link to full review.]

You can order the book from Librerías Gandhi, a Mexican bookseller like Powell's or Amazon. V.I.P. costs 168 pesos - about fifteen dollars.

Click here to see step by step instructions on buying at Gandhi (it's a very standard Amazon-style store, just some translation help if you need it).


  1. On the product page, click the shopping bag under "¡Agrega este producto ahora!"
  2. On the sign-in page:
    • Under "¿Cuál es tu dirección de correo?", fill in your email address.
    • Under "¿Tienes contraseña con nosotros?", select the option "No, soy un nuevo clente" and click "Entrar"
  3. On the registration page, fields from top to bottom:
    • Your email address, twice
    • Your first name
    • Your last name
    • A password, twice (contraseña)
    • At the bottom of the form, click "Continuar"
  4. You should be sent to the site homepage. You should have one item in your shopping bag at the top right of the page. Click "comprar".
  5. On the shopping bag page, click "realizar compra".
  6. On the next page, click "continuar".
  7. On the "Envíos" (shipping) page, fields from top to bottom:
    • A nickname for this address (eg. "home")
    • First name, last name
    • Your address ("Dirección")
    • Skip "Colonia" and "Extra"
    • Zip code, City AND State abbreviation
    • Select "United States" under "País", Select "Fuera de México" under "Estado"
    • Your phone number with area code, preceded by "(1)"
  8. On the next page, the address you just entered should be selected. Click "continuar".
  9. On the "Forma de pago" page, select card type, expiration date, card number. Security code required only for AmEx.
  10. On the next page, the card you just entered should be selected. Click "continuar".
  11. On the "Confirmación" page, check over and Click "Enviar pedido".
  12. Success. Revel. [Hide instructions.]

Gandhi ships to the US and Europe via FedEx, and thus their shipping charges are high. V.I.P. will also be available from sites in the US and Europe soon.

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