In this series, I focus on the representation of modern, iconic Puerto Rican hotels, now abandoned, set within imagined coastal environments.

By portraying these once-celebrated structures in ruins, exposed to the sea and erosion, I reflect on the exoticized image of the Caribbean as a tourist destination. This contrast highlights Puerto Rico’s deep dependency on the tourism industry and the visitor economy, exposing the gap between the idealized vision of a tropical paradise and the complex reality we live in.