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In the first print on the left, a man is in an apple orchard where he is in the process of reaching for an apple while standing on a ladder. As he reaches for an apple, his hand is completely skeletal and from behind his spine is completely visible. The apples are red while the rest of the image is black and white. In the second print on the top right, a skeleton is laying in bed while his organs are splayed out in front of him. To the left of him he watches his children facing the viewer. Notably his heart is larger and more prominent than his other organs. Apples lay intertwined with his organs. Again the apples are red while the rest of the image is black and white. The final print on the bottom right depicts skeletons walking down an elevated bridge. Each one carrying an Earth on their back struggling to carry the weight. Each Earth they carry has an apple placed on top and red in color while the rest of the image is black and white.

¿Valio la pena mi muerte? (Was my death worth it?)

Salvador Cervantes

Two Intaglio etchings with aquatint and colored pencil, One Lithograph with one color flat

Undergraduate
¿Valio la pena mi muerte? Is a series of three prints that detail the gradual impact the agricultural labor has on immigrants and their families through the use of hybrid real and imagined family and pop culture imagery. Specifically, how the labor impacts the workers physical condition and how that condition derives from the industries exploitative practices.