Amazed to discover there were no good photographs of the annual National Pyrotechnic Festival in Mexico, New York-based photographer Thomas Prior set off on a trip to document it at the next possible opportunity. The festival honors Saint Juan de la Dios – the patron saint of the city (and fireworks) – and takes place in the town of Tultepec, where over 80% of the country’s fireworks are produced. At the end of the extravagant week long celebrations, a parade of about 250 “toritos” – bull-shaped frames with large fireworks on them – run down the narrow streets, lighting them up as they go.
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