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Chicken Bus Terminal in Antigua Guatemala

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Chicken Bus Terminal in Antigua Guatemala BY RUDY GIRON

This photograph and many of the images I have shared during the last ten days were made while leading a very intense and comprehensive one-on-ne street photography workshop. We shot inside the market, the bus terminal, the municipal cemetery, on the streets of Antigua Guatemala and the Mayan village of Santa María de Jesús. We shot in the morning, afternoon and at night. As part of this comprehensive workshop we also covered Lightroom workflow and editing and camera settings for different photo styles and best lenses for street photography and street portraits. If you would like to bring up the level your photography book a comprehensive and intensive photography workshop with me. I will be glad to share everything I know.

Market Day — Color and Repetition

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We continue our Market Day series with sampling of color and repetition found at junk food vendor inside the mercado of La Antigua Guatemala. Although we call them frituras, fried snacks, they are really junk food. Heck, now that I think about it, food is probably not the right term either as these are processed … Read more

Vegetable stand at the Santa María de Jesús market

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Market days or Días de mercado in Santa María de Jesús fall on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, although you can find vendors at the mercado everyday. On días de mercado the activity and the offer of vegetable is much fresher and larger. Santa María de Jesús and San Antonio Aguascalientes are two of my favorite … Read more

Beans and grains booth inside the Antigua Guatemala market

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Look at all the different kinds of beans available at this grains stand inside the mercado of Antigua Guatemala. The same can be said about the maize varieties. Yet, many people think that we only eat black beans and white corn in Guatemala. You have to remember these lands are the birthplace for many staple … Read more

Market Vs Supermarkets in Antigua Guatemala

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Here are two different approaches to the distribution and sale of food. On one hand, the mercado is an agglomeration of small vendors versus the supermarket which usually represents a large company or national or even international chain. In Guatemala, most mercados are the main venue where the Maya sell their products. The Maya vendors … Read more

Squash Flowers at the Mercado in Antigua Guatemala

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Squash is available all year long as ayote, güicoy or even chilacayote, all members of the squash and pumpkin family. Squashes are quite prominent in the Guatemalan diet where every part is eaten, from the flowers to the flesh, the skin, the leaves and even the seeds, called pepitoria, pumpkin seeds, which are quite popular … Read more