--- title: The Flower Girls: Mennonites in Mexico description: Mexican photographer Eunice Adorno explores the isolated Mennonite communities in Mexico in her new book, "Las Mujeres Flores". canonical: https://time.com/3785350/the-flower-girls-mennonites-in-mexico/ author: Patrick Witty article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2012-01-24T09:00:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:41:14.663Z article:section: World og:title: The Flower Girls: Mennonites in Mexico og:description: Mexican photographer Eunice Adorno explores the isolated Mennonite communities in Mexico in her new book, "Las Mujeres Flores". og:url: https://time.com/3785350/the-flower-girls-mennonites-in-mexico/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc953a7630cb59f2a/698686a0cd804d031dcc9d9c/ea_68t.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Untitled og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Flower Girls: Mennonites in Mexico twitter:description: Mexican photographer Eunice Adorno explores the isolated Mennonite communities in Mexico in her new book, "Las Mujeres Flores". twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc953a7630cb59f2a/698686a0cd804d031dcc9d9c/ea_68t.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Flower Girls: Mennonites in Mexico > Sponsored content. 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Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 From left to right, Elizabeth Peters, Sarah Peters, Anita and Margaret on a Sunday meeting. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010Eunice Adorno by [Patrick Witty](https://time.com/author/patrick-witty/) ## Patrick Witty Jan 24, 2012 9:00 AM UTC The first time Mexican photographer Eunice Adorno saw the flower girls, they were standing in the shadow of a tree, wearing shiny pantyhose, staring directly at her. “When I walked up to them, there was a mysterious silence,” Adorno said. “When I talked to them, their sole reply was an enigmatic glance. From that moment on, I felt an immense curiosity for them.” This was the beginning of a project that spanned the course of several years, culminating in the book, _Las Mujeres Flores_, published this month by La Fabrica. The book is an intimate portrayal of women within the isolated Mennonite communities in Nuevo Ideal, in the state of Durango, and La Onda, in Zacatecas, Mexico. “Gaining their trust was a slow process,” Adorno said. “Little by little, they started inviting me to their houses, to have tea with them, to go for a walk.” The community spoke German, which was a barrier for Adorno, who speaks English and Spanish, so she got to know them through the places where they spend their lives and through family photographs they showed her. “In my own pictures I try to highlight the importance of those details, their objects, the moments and places they cherish.” Today's phenom may go nowhere, but that has never stopped politicos from rejoicing or panicking That attention to detail is clear in many of Adorno’s photographs – the arrangement of bowls on a table; plaster moldings of teeth on a window sill; a lone magnet of a married couple on a refrigerator. Adorno also focused deeply on portraiture. The first was of a woman named Maria, after she unbraided her hair. “As she stood by the door and stared directly into the camera, I felt a sort of complicity, an acceptance of the camera. It was incredible.” Adorno said she was heavily influenced not only by August Sander’s portraits and Magnum photographer Larry Towell’s work on the Mennoninte community, but also by the women themselves. “I was amazed by the feminine universe so full of color,” she said. [_Eunice Adorno_](http://euniceadorno.net/) _is a freelance photographer based in Mexico City, Mexico. She was part of the 2011 Joop Swart Masterclass._ Las Mujeres Flores _is available in the Moma and Dashhwood Books._ _Patrick Witty is the International picture editor at TIME. Follow him on twitter_ [_@patrickwitty_](https://twitter.com/#!/patrickwitty)_._  Hair combing at sunset. Every Thursday afternoon, young people gather on the fields, around the crops and nearby the houses. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Dentures at Margarita’s office. Margarita is the community’s dentist. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Sharing pictures. Some women showed me pictures they had taken of their family. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Young couple after their marriage. Traditional Mennonite weddings are very important and are conducted in silence. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Tapestry. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Untitled. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Untitled. La Onda, Zacatecas, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  The Peters sister’s room. Both the venison and the doll are precious memories from their childhood, Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Untitled. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  From left to right, Elizabeth Peters, Sarah Peters, Anita and Margaret on a Sunday meeting. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Food at noon. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Foreign objects in the house. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Rebeca looking at letters and drawings. La Onda, Zacatecas, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  María unbraids her hair twice a week. María is a single woman who works at other Mennonite families’ houses, Nuevo Ideal, Durango, México, 2010 Eunice Adorno  María unbraids her hair twice a week. María is a single woman who works at other Mennonite families’ houses, Nuevo Ideal, Durango, México, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Decorative detail in a bathroom. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Elizabeth fixing a tractor. Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Young couple after their marriage. Traditional Mennonite weddings are very important and are conducted in silence, Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  The Hilderbrants' two refrigerators. 2009 Eunice Adorno  Dead woman laying under dirt, ice and sawdust within the place she died from heart disease. Her community pays her mourning by visiting the place for the next three days, Nuevo Ideal, Durango, Mexico, 2010 Eunice Adorno  Domingo en la Iglesia. 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