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Kettie and I met through a mutual friend not too long ago—but since the first time we chatted I found her to be such a soulful and intimate person. As a film and image maker, Kettie's career feels like it follows her demeanor, in many ways. She's lived in many places across the globe, but currently lives and works in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City. I'll let her take it from here...   Can you tell me where you grew up and how you came to live Mexico City? My story begins in Jacmel, a beach town with colonial houses painted in pastel hues,...

Adeline and I met within my first two months of relocating to Mexico City and our friendship has been one of the most defining relationships during my time here—and I like to think my life at large. She's been a steady collaborator, confidante, source of inspiration and dear friend. Born in Monaco and living much of her adult life in London, she made Mexico home after meeting her husband, Mexican sculptor Pablo de Laborde Lascaris. Adeline's work is visceral: Organic textures seem to take on a new life under her eye giving them a refinement and strength that feels intrinsic to the way she...

Something I don't really talk about often (because, honestly, it embarrasses me!) is the loneliness I've felt since relocating to Mexico City from New York four and a half years ago. I can't quite put my finger on where the shame comes from because it seems like an entirely logical and understandable feeling, uprooting your life and moving to a new country. But I suppose maybe the embarrassment comes from the fact that, in many ways, my loneliness is self-imposed. It's my own paradoxical nature that seems to isolate myself by choice. So by extension of this, I deeply admire...