Guatemalan Adoptions
I was lucky to capture this couple and their new baby just taking a rest and enjoying the beautiful light and atmosphere …
Guatemalan Cowboy Kid
Okay, enough of guns and cowboys. I leave you with an interesting portrait a little cowboy kid. Children always represent the hope …
The Naked Gun
Too bad this photo is not about a comedy movie. It is the reality of Guatemala; which it seems to drowning under …
Men with Guns
It was in 1998 that I got to see Men with Guns, thanks to a pair of tickets I received from KPFK, …
WI-FI Around Antigua Guatemala
La Antigua Guatemala, despite its name (Old Guatemala City) and its architecture, is a modern city with cutting-edge technologies like Wireless Internet …
Banking on the Banks
There is a war going on between CitiBank and HSBC Bank over the control of the Central American money. Recently, these two …
Guatemalan Tamales for Christmas: colorado, negro & chuchito
A few Guatemalans living abroad asked for photos of tamales colorado (red) and negro (black) made especially for Christmas Eve and Christmas …
Christmas colors from the Antigua Guatemala’s Market
Red is the most prominent color around Christmas time. You can see it in the many people who dress up like Santa …
Posadas in La Antigua Guatemala
Catholics in the American Continent celebrate many of the same religious events and traditions on the same days, more or less, but …
An Old Guatemalan Cowboy
I captured this image on a show about horses in San Miguel Escobar, a little village just outside La Antigua Guatemala. In …
Antigua Guatemala’s City Hall by Night
On the north side of Parque Central (Central Park) stands the Antigua Guatemala’s Town Hall, Municipalidad in Spanish or Muni for short. …
Captains’ Palace at night in Antigua Guatemala
Since several of the Daily Photo Cities are publishing images with low-light or taken at night, I decided to continue with other …
Making Tortillas in Guatemala
Yesterday I mentioned that the traditional baked-clay comales are disappearing in Guatemala in favor of the metal comal; heated through gas. All …
Comal Selling In Antigua
No, we aren’t talking about Comal County around the San Antonio area in Texas (Click the link to visit San Antonio Daily …
Lit branches at Parque Central in Antigua Guatemala
Yesterday, I said that I wish I had the photographic skills to bring to you the fabulous light show at Central Park …
Illuminated Central Park in Antigua Guatemala
In December, Antigua’s main plaza or Parque Central puts on a ‘light dress’ over the tree branches. I wish I had the …
Antigua Guatemala Map
On August 3rd, I have said that La Antigua Guatemala is a very small town (about 10×10 block grid), but there is …
Cycling the dogs
On August 12th, the entry about The Dance of the Giants, I mentioned that on the weekends Calle del Arco, Antigua’s most …
Façade of Iglesia de La Merced
On September 1st, I posted one of my best shots yet, which goes by the name of Framed Shadow. That photo was …
Antigua’s Cathedral at Sunset
The quality of the light has been fabulous. I feel the urge to re-shoot almost all the buildings, houses, churches and ruins …
Old Guatemalan Folks
Here is a slice of a frozen moment and life on a Sunday morning right after mass. This image could illustrate a …
McGyver and his Campesino Float
For the celebrations of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th, many towns have float parades. In this photo, we …
Fair Food
With the season’s celebrations comes the ever-present traditional fair food. Here we have a shot of Guatemalan mole and buñuelos in the …
The Beginning of the Christmas Season in Antigua
The Burning of the Devil right before the celebration of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception marks the beginning of the Christmas …
Burning of the Devil in Antigua Guatemala
All year long he hides under the bed or in the junk piled up in the corner, casting misfortune or worse on …
Ranferi Aguilar, the Rain Maker, at Jamtigua 2006
We continue the music journey at Jamtigua International Music Festival with Ranferí Aguilar and his Rain Maker show. Hacedor de Lluvia or …
Fire in the sky
The best time of the year to visit La Antigua Guatemala, or Central America for the matter, is now. The months of …
Strolls in Parque Central
El Parque Central (Central Park click the link to see all the previous photos related to the park) is one of the …
Sunday stroll with the family
You may remember this red wall from the Pick your color #1 entry. These are some of adjectives our visitors use for …
Jamtigua 2006 for all
Jamtigua is a music festival, now in its second year. Jamtigua is the merging of the words Jam and Antigua and the …
Please, braid my hair
Selling folk-art is only one of the activities that these two Indigenous girls do. —Don’t move little sister or I might hurt …