I was born and raised in Cancun, Mexico. Almost uniquely and universally perceived as a tourist destination. My aim is to present the documentation urban development as a marker of place, to give an alternative visual history of Cancun by establishing a macro/micro relationship with the viewer and the place. This strategy of zooming in and out, of the personal and the historically abstract is intended to create a sense of unlearning as to what the viewer might perceive as their pre-established understanding of Cancun. I use the imagery of the INFONAVIT worker’s housing to create a binary correlation between beauty and utilitarianism, highlighting the paradox in which Cancun is associated not with sandy beaches and four day getaways, but with labor and the systematization of experiences. This project is as much a personal exploration of my place growing up within a space that did not entirely account for people to so quickly arrive in large numbers and establish themselves there.