Tomorrow AntiguaDailyPhoto will be celebrating 8 years of daily multimedia updates from and around Antigua Guatemala. Come and celebrate and let us know what are your favourite photos and posts. I read somewhere that one of the longest relationships one can have is with your siblings, often longer than with our parents. Here I was … Read more
If you don’t know who José Martí was, you are about to read a little about one of the most important figures of 19th century in America. Martí is considered one of the great turn-of-the-century Latin American intellectuals. José Julián Martí Pérez (January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) is a Cuban national hero and … Read more
Slowly but surely, the series Guatemalan Portrait is coming along. Obviously there are hundreds of portraits I still need to take have a body of work for my project #Guatemalans. Stay tuned for more details.
As I explained back in September 2011, I am seeing more Mormons in and around Antigua Guatemala than usual. Now the interesting part is that instead of just men, now you can see a lot women missionaries. According to commenter Fulano, “The Mormon church (officially called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) actually … Read more
At present, I believe, in the English language we throw around certain words so much that often we are diminishing their true meaning. Some of the words that come to mind at this very moment are love, sorry, and friend. I mean, I “love” your sweater; I am sorry for telling you that my friend. … Read more
Almost eight years ago I set my goal to bring you daily life imagery from Antigua Guatemala on a daily basis. For the most part, I have done so, although sometimes a touristic photo infiltrates the photographic stream, but what can you do when Antigua Guatemala is the capital of tourism for Central America. I … Read more
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Civismo I caught this slice of life of kids from primary school being thought civics and how to love being Guatemalans. Not much more I can say about this picture, except that, as you can see, I always try to bring you fresh new perspectives from around Antigua … Read more
Warm light, textures, rich colors and always blooming flowers and plants are part of the magic of Antigua Guatemala. Of course, the real secret is the enchanting smile of the antigüeños or panzas verdes, green bellies, as we call the locals here. Well, this is my opinion; perhaps you have a different set of things … Read more
Slowly, many ambulant vendors are upgrading to delivering their wares on vehicles, from motor bicycle trucks to small pick up trucks as the one shown here. As we can see in the picture, right now is watermelon season in Guatemala, although I am sure you can get them year round as well as with bananas. … Read more
If you visit Guatemala, one thing that will be common everywhere you go are the smiling faces. Here I captured the typical smiling face of a girl having lots of fun at the lavadero público in the Pilas de Santa Clara, better known now as Tanque de la Unión. Let’s have another creative caption contest. … Read more
With this picture of the dolorosas or hermanas cargadoras, the women who carry the smaller floats of the Virgin Mary or other virgins for the matter, we conclude our coverage of Lent and Holy Week in Antigua Guatemala. Take a photographic tour through all the photos, posts and multimedia content found in the archives about … Read more
The processional carpets are among the most creative and colorful elements of the Holy Week in La Antigua Guatemala. In this case, it was the turn for the students of the Art Department of the University of Texas at Austin who got together to create a sawdust carpet with flowers. As I’ve mentioned before, the … Read more
Since everyone is taking colour photographs of the Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala, I decided to do a black and white coverage of the Holy Week to give you a different and creative take on the most popular event in Antigua Guatemala. Besides, I have tons of Cuaresma and Semana Santa photos in colour in … Read more
Here’s your Holy Week Spanish word for the day: Timonel The timonel is the person at the front of the processional float that steers the float on one direction or another. In Spanish the word for timón means steering wheel. As we can see in the picture, the timonel basically pushes to the left or … Read more
Purple or violet is the color of Lent and the Holy Week. Cucuruchos, bearers, wear their cone-head purple robes as a sign of penitence. Not only Cucuruchos have to observe penitence for the Lent (Cuaresma) and the Holy Week (Semana Santa), but they also have to pay if they want to get a chance to … Read more