The indigenous women’s dress
The indigenous women’s dress is known as corte (the bottom part or skirt that is). The corte translates roughly as cut or …
Entrance Doorway to the Compañía de Jesús Building
I am sucker for shots with contrast. I like to show all the different contrasting vistas that come into my viewfinder in …
Antigua Makes Me Happy — Take 16
During this afternoon’s photo walk, I was teaching how to capture candid pictures of strangers. The woman on the left was giving water …
Invent A Tour Guides Conversation
Every once in a while, the readers of AntiguaDailyPhoto participate in a creative exercise: to invent a plausible dialogue or conversation among …
Taking A Short Break
Often we hear that Guatemala is a country of contrasts. Even I try to show it often and what better way to …
Beauty and the Beast
Normally, every photo at AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com comes with a caption, a narrative or even a story. Not always, the story is about the …
Rear View Mirror Vistas
Some people like photos without people; aseptic and sterile images pues. I am the opposite. To me what makes the image interesting …
The Tiny Story of Discrimination, Arrogance and Patronizing in La Antigua Guatemala
ACT 1: So there I was, consumed by own thoughts, after having had a few moments at the Benches at the Museo …
Street photography or voyeurism?
I believe that I do tend to be a voyeur or obsessive observer when it comes to capture the most natural street life scenes. My goal is to capture the intriguing split-second scene. I do not like posed photograph, especially posed street photos because once the subject is aware of the lens the natural feel is lost; the window that I open for you into the daily life of La Antigua Guatemala is broken.
Opposite ends of life #2
The original post Opposite Ends of Life, in La Antigua Guatemala DP, was published on May 23rd, 2006 and it was about a little girl and an old lady helping each other cross the street. It is an interesting shot, if I may say so, you should see if you haven’t done so already.
Today’s entry is about different women and their opposite position in the spectrum of life.
Close-up View of Guatemalan Textiles
This is a close-up view of a Huipil, sort of a blouse worn by the indigenous Maya women and sometimes even the …
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 …
Buying Folk-art on the Streets
Guatemalan textiles are among the most look-after items in the folk-art markets. You have to be careful though, they come in two …