Martha Naranjo Sandoval’s intimate images of family and friends document her first years in NYC – from fire hydrant rainbows to epic views of the skyline
Main image: ‘I still get surprised by the pictures’ … Martha Naranjo Sandoval, from Small Death Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and MACK
Thu 11 Sep 2025 08.00 CEST
Small Death collects photographs made by the artist Martha Naranjo Sandoval over her first years living in New York after emigrating from Mexico City. She says: ‘It was in a Guardian image gallery that I read Justine Kurland describing her son as “giving her” pictures. When I read that, I knew I could never put it better myself. I only photograph people I have ties with. These people give me these pictures, particularly my husband, Dylan.’ Small Deaths is published by Mack. All photographs: Martha Naranjo Sandoval
Shaped around Naranjo Sandoval’s original contact sheets and film reels, it comprises an artist’s book unfolding in a tactile and iterative form
