IT WAS ALWAYS US
“It Was Always Us,” is a forthcoming book from Tyler Blint-Welsh, featuring more than 100 portraits and interviews of the most influential Black techno DJs across history, from its founding through today. To be published via Blurring Books in 2027.
PUBLIC METAL
Public Metal is a chemical meditation on light, physicality, memory, and precision. Throughout 2026, Blint-Welsh has brought his portable darkroom to parks, plazas, and street corners, documenting slowed-down, intimate moments of city life. Each resulting image is a uniquely tactile object that considers the value and purpose of images in a moment where they’re being used to erode our shared sense of identity, reality, and memory through their infinite reproduction and manipulation.
ANY SUNDAY IN COACALCO
Any Sunday in Coacalco, offers an unvarnished and intimate glimpse into the subculture of Mexican luchadores, the global phenomenon that’s inextricably tied with Mexican identity. Through a blend of reportage and deeply personal portraits, New York photographer Tyler Blint-Welsh highlights the roughness, absurdity, and passion that defines lucha libre, with a collection of images depicting raw violence, feats of athleticism, and moments of vulnerability. With a distinct perspective, honed over years as a journalist for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, Blint-Welsh takes a documentarian’s approach to a cultural performance, showcasing the aspects of machismo, tradition, and parody that have turned lucha libre into one of Mexico’s biggest pop-culture exports. For his debut photobook, which was shot in a single afternoon, Blint-Welsh traveled to an outdoor wrestling ring on the outskirts of Mexico City, with a pair of cameras and seven rolls of 35mm film.



























