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Across Northern Baja Sur, Mexico, a slow-moving crisis is reshaping the future of entire communities. As rainfall declines, streams dry up, and storms intensify, rural settlements built on subsistence farming and local trade are being pushed to the brink. These are not just environmental losses—they are cultural ones. Families who have lived off the land for generations are leaving, and with them, local knowledge, traditions, and ways of life are vanishing.
In Until We Are Gone, documentary photographer Sofía Aldinio captures this transition through the lens of San José de Gracia, a once-thriving canyon town where only 21 people now remain. Once supported by a steady spring and a culture rooted in barter and agriculture, the community has been steadily hollowed out by the impacts of climate change. The local school is abandoned. Younger generations have moved to urban centers. And those who stay behind face mounting challenges as the land becomes less viable for food production or safe shelter. Until We Are Gone shows a community facing the very real possibility that it may be the last to remember what once was. What emerges is not just a story of climate displacement, but of cultural erosion—how the loss of water can mean the loss of memory, identity, and collective history.
About Sofia Aldinio
Sofía Aldinio is a documentary photographer and visual storyteller whose work focuses on migration, climate, cultural identity, and the changing relationship between people and land. Her projects often center on individuals and communities adapting to environmental and political pressure, with an emphasis on intimate, long-form storytelling. Originally from Argentina and based in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, Sofía works across Latin America and the American West.
She is a CatchLight Local Fellow, a National Geographic Explorer, and a recipient of support from the National Geographic Society and the International Women’s Media Foundation. Her work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, High Country News, and Yes! Magazine, and exhibited in community spaces, museums, and educational settings. In addition to her documentary work, Sofía facilitates storytelling workshops with youth and migrant communities, focusing on self-representation and narrative agency.
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