In 2004, Frederike Helwig was commissioned by American GQ to photograph US real estate development in Nicaragua, a country with a long history of American political and economic involvement. She photographed developers in gated communities and on private beaches. Later, in Granada, she spent a day photographing people she encountered on the streets.
Rundgang brings together both sets of images, contrasting individual encounters with the political and economic forces that have shaped Nicaragua’s past and continue to influence its future.
