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He was the man everyone wanted on their team. Tall and good looking. The life of the party. He knew every punchline and was always the center of attention. He knew how to cut up a room. To change its energy. To get the people on their feet and wear their hearts on their sleeve. He was riding a wave that was hard not to appreciate. Sex, money and booze were all at arm’s length whenever he wanted them. Who wouldn’t want that? Inside, however, he was lonely. There was no amount of magic that could change that. No amount of clapping or cheers. No one night stand. No gringa rubia. There was an underlying sadness, a vulnerability that was attractive to the women that came to town, yet it wasn’t enough. He had a hole that couldn’t be filled.

Santa Maria de las Rocas collection image

A novella by Nicholas Gill and Alejandro Cartagena.

A collection of 151 “expired photographs” that were thrown out, collected from a tianguis outside of Mexico City by photographer and archivist Alejandro Cartagena and then pieced together and reimagined by writer Nicholas Gill. The 151-page novella tells the tale of the fictional town of Santa María de las Rocas, located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

The story traces this coastal community from its humble origins at the turn of the century to the 1980s, as it corresponds to real events in the history of this corner of Mexico. As years pass, the landscape changes and the community grows and develops. There’s corruption and violence, magic and hope. Characters fall in love and fall apart. Their voices are heard. Their songs are sung.

The existence of this project is designed to question the very nature of storytelling and its possibilities in the digital age. As such, it’s done as a CO0, for free public use.

Category Photography
Contract Address0x495f...7b5e
Token ID
Token StandardERC-1155
ChainEthereum
MetadataCentralized
Creator Earnings
10%

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He was the man everyone wanted on their team. Tall and good looking. The life of the party. He knew every punchline and was always the center of attention. He knew how to cut up a room. To change its energy. To get the people on their feet and wear their hearts on their sleeve. He was riding a wave that was hard not to appreciate. Sex, money and booze were all at arm’s length whenever he wanted them. Who wouldn’t want that? Inside, however, he was lonely. There was no amount of magic that could change that. No amount of clapping or cheers. No one night stand. No gringa rubia. There was an underlying sadness, a vulnerability that was attractive to the women that came to town, yet it wasn’t enough. He had a hole that couldn’t be filled.

Santa Maria de las Rocas collection image

A novella by Nicholas Gill and Alejandro Cartagena.

A collection of 151 “expired photographs” that were thrown out, collected from a tianguis outside of Mexico City by photographer and archivist Alejandro Cartagena and then pieced together and reimagined by writer Nicholas Gill. The 151-page novella tells the tale of the fictional town of Santa María de las Rocas, located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

The story traces this coastal community from its humble origins at the turn of the century to the 1980s, as it corresponds to real events in the history of this corner of Mexico. As years pass, the landscape changes and the community grows and develops. There’s corruption and violence, magic and hope. Characters fall in love and fall apart. Their voices are heard. Their songs are sung.

The existence of this project is designed to question the very nature of storytelling and its possibilities in the digital age. As such, it’s done as a CO0, for free public use.

Category Photography
Contract Address0x495f...7b5e
Token ID
Token StandardERC-1155
ChainEthereum
MetadataCentralized
Creator Earnings
10%
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