In a small mountain village 200 km north of Mexico City called Pantoja live the last traditional potters of Mexico: the "alfareros". They cast the clay without mold or motorized wheel, by tapping it with endless slow movements of the hands.

The one I met was Esteban Valdez, an 87 years old elder who worked in a room the size of a car. I asked him to show me his trade by crafting a bowl for me and shot a few photographs of him with the little light and space available.

He knew of nobody else who could still work this way...