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TECATE - GULF OF MEXICO BAR (Case Study) | Campaign

CONTEXT AND STARTING POINT: In 2025, Tecate launched a provocative and ironic campaign that centers on more than just a product: territorial pride. With a name loaded with intent — Gulf of Mexico — the campaign was born as a response to Donald Trump’s attempt to rename this vast body of water as the Gulf of America. Beyond the absurdity of the gesture, the campaign sparks a conversation about the symbolic sovereignty of territory. The new Tecate Light with salt from the Gulf of Mexico is more than a product launch: it’s a form of cultural and emotional appropriation. The sea already has a name — and now it has a flavor. That saltiness — local, alive, and rich with history — became the core of the concept.

VISUAL LANGUAGE AND PROJECTUAL APPROACH: My approach was to build images that evoke presence without depicting it directly. Situations where certain visual cues — like a half-squeezed lime, an off-center bottle, or barely visible condensation on the glass — spark the viewer’s imagination and place them right there, in the middle of the scene.

POINT OF VIEW: The intention wasn’t to represent a frozen instant or a postcard, but rather a moment charged with visual truth — where everything feels like it’s genuinely happening, and the camera arrives just in time to frame it precisely. That’s the logic guiding the entire series: composition with a documentary spirit, yet carefully crafted through art direction and lighting.