IN COLLABORATION WITH NYC BASED PHOTOGRAPHER ANDRÉS ALTAMIRANO AND FILMMAKER JUAN HEILBRON, DANZÓN IS A SELF PUBLISHED BOOK DEVELOPED FOR THE BRAND GABRIELLE VENGUER. PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE ICONIC SALON LOS ANGELES IN MEXICO CITY, THE BOOK EXPLORES THE VISUAL LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF DANCE HALLS AND MID-CENTURY BALLROOM CULTURE IN MEXICO.
REFERENCING THE AESTHETIC CODES OF PACHUCOS AND RUMBERAS, THE SHOOT USED GABRIELLE'S LATEST COLLECTION AS A VISUAL ANCHOR WITHING THE NARRATIVE. THE WORK EVOLVED INTO A PRINTED PUBLICATION AND FILM.