Don’t you agree that modernity usually comes with visual pollution, especially in colonial Antigua Guatemala. Nevertheless, I have tried to capture power lines in creative ways in the past. How sucessful I was with Electric Wire Grid plus Volcanoes, Wonderful Sunset plus Power Lines and The Webs We Weave is hard to say; you better judge for yourself. Who … Read more
Worry not about being unplugged while touring the coffee plantations around La Antigua Guatemala. In fact, soon you will have 4G connectivity while learning and collecting your coffee berries in and around the coffee plantations because cellular antennas and towers are popping up everywhere. One more thing to notice in this picture is the fact … Read more
Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money. —Earl Wilson I agree completely with my son James when he says ‘Internet is like electricity. The latter lights up everything, while the former lights up knowledge.’ —Kerry Packer Once again Antigua Daily Photo is participating … Read more
Today’s entry is a follow up to Camouflaging Cellular Towers where I mentioned how fortunate we are in La Antigua Guatemala where efforts are being made to reduce the visual pollution found elsewhere in Guatemala. Here’s what posted before: Sometimes we don’t realized how lucky we are for living La Antigua Guatemala until we take … Read more
Slowly but surely these ugly, but necessary antennas are disappearing from the Antigua Guatemala skyline. Some of the antennas around Antigua Guatemala are being camouflaged as trees while new cellular towers are disguised as public street lamps inside the colonial town.