Mañana martes es día del ejército. No sé que nuevo nombre tiene ahora esta “celebración” luego de los acuerdos de Paz. Como les cambiaron a los existentes tanto e intrujeron otra docena de días festivos, seguramente es algo así como “Día del martirologio contra el sistema asesino”, o a lo mejor se puede conocer dentro … Read more
Resistance through culture; culture through textiles; textiles as heritage; heritage as identity; identity as resistance. What do you think?
Me gano la vida de lo que la gente me regala. —Mago Dory I earn my living from what people give me as tips. —Mago Dory Mago Dory will be the first entry in the Antigua Characters category. I have thought I should wait until I can do a series, but if I follow this … Read more
As mentioned before the Gravilea trees are planted next to coffee bushes to provide the necessary shade for the coffee plants. Once every two years normally, the coffee plantation workers trim the gravilea trees to keep the proper balance between sun and shade. I hope you enjoy this muted wallpaper of the gravilea trees against … Read more
The view above of Volcán de Agua is from our studio’s window and balcony. I said before, in many listings for rent or sell of houses around Antigua, you often find the “panoramic view of volcanoes” among the top selling arguments. In our home we can brag about having more than a room with a … Read more
Here’s the follow-up photo to yesterday’s Antigua Guatemala’s Grid from Above. If I had taken one more shot to the right of today’s picture I would have covered the entire city. That’s how small La Antigua Guatemala really is. What landmarks can you recognize from this overview shot of La Antigua Guatemala?
La Antigua Guatemala is quite small city, or town rather. It is about 10×10 block grid. Could you believe that with three photos like today’s I can cover the entire city. Come back tomorrow if you want to see one more piece. Even more incredible is the fact that I have published 1,164 pages, over … Read more
If you want to win this photo as a post card and receive it via regular Guatemalan postal mail system at your home address with Guatemalan post stamps you have to answer the following questions: When and under what title was this lock originally appeared in AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com? What was said about the key for this … Read more
We continue with the repetition theme. The Guatemalan Catholic iconography is rich in colors and shapes, like everything else in Guatemala. In the picture above, you can find wooden angels, archangels and saints. But which ones? Can you help identify the saints, angel and archangels in the picture? By the way, an archangel is an … Read more
Same as yesterday’s photo, we repeat the repetition theme, but even more so today. Can you tell me what elements repeat in the photograph above? Some are very obvious but other not so much, can you name all the different repetitions? And for a bonus, can you share with us the name of this landmark … Read more
Last time I talked about repetition, repetition, repetition, I mentioned that capturing repetition was very desirable in photography. Well, photographing repetition is not difficult in La Antigua Guatemala; quite the opposite. Come back tomorrow to see more repeats. By the way, the part of the wooden beams that protrude beyond the wall has a special … Read more
To play this game you simply try to name as many musical instruments as you can from the musical stand above (you might need to click on the photo to get a larger version for details). Let the game begin.
Last Saturday, while having lunch with Eric, one of the loyal readers of AntiguaDailyPhoto.Com, at the restaurant without a name where you get the best carpaccio, quiche and roasted tomatoes with basil and cheese, in the table next to us was a painter hard at work capturing some abstracts of Iglesia de La Merced. We … Read more
On June 17th is celebrated Father’s Day in Guatemala. On my lunch break I headed for La Antigua Guatemala’s Parque Central to see if I could capture an image with the sentiment of the celebration. I was so lucky I only needed three shots to be happy with the results. Happy Guatemalan Father’s Day to … Read more
Colorful Guatemala, I tell you, colorful Guatemala! Si ni los mismos guatemaltecos logramos entender la complejidad cultural en la que vivimos… —Ale de Desde Kinshasa Not even us Guatemalans can really comprehend the cultural complexity in which we live… —Ale from Desde Kinshasa Oh Guatemala can be a challenge for people who come from places … Read more