Tehuacan Field Team

Brent Stirton is the senior staff photojournalist for Getty Images and his work from the front lines of the world’s conflicts and crises is seen regularly in major international magazines. He has a rare gift for expressing compassion through his lens. His drive to tell the critical yet complex global story of water has led to some of the most powerful imagery to date. Brent Stirton on the world's increasing water issues (video).

Joseph Contreras is Newsweek’s Latin America regional editor. Joseph lends his comprehensive reporting experience, personal insight and keen grasp of Mexico’s culture and challenges. His forthcoming book on modernization in Mexico provides additional depth for his reportage. Joe Contreras on impressions of the Tehuacán Valley (video).

Scott Whiteford is director of Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona. He has conducted major research projects in eight Latin American countries on agrarian transformation, social movements and power, land/water reform, migration, political ecology and resource management. Scott unites his vast expertise in the region with an ability to transpose community-level situations into a broader context.

J. Carl Ganter is managing director of Circle of Blue. He has extensive international journalistic credits in broadcast, print, photography and new-media. He serves on the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars working group, “Navigating Peace,” and brings to the project his vision and drive to make critical global issues relevant and personal.

Brian Robertshaw is a filmmaker with numerous BBC, PBS and CBC credits and production bylines in more than 30 feature films. Brian brings to the Mexico project team his honed sense of visual drama and his eye for the human perspective.