Leopoldo Gout

One subject that has continued to fascinate Leopoldo Gout is the dashboard decoration craze amongst Mexico City bus drivers. Drivers often take the personalizing of their vehicles - known popularly as 'Guajolojets' - to new levels by festooning the area surrounding their seats with religious images, photographs of family members, toys, and other objects. Gout recreated this activity by acquiring a bus, decking out the driver's area with absurd items, then he hired someone to drive this vehicle around the city. Ironically, the resulting photographs of the driver and the front of the bus reveal a scene that could be easily mistakened as genuine.