Once again we are visiting the Triptychs of artisans from around Antigua Guatemala series. This time the triptych is made up from three portraits of a Mayan weaver from San Antonio Aguascalientes sharing with us the process of creating the world-famous Guatemalan textiles. The Mayan textiles is an integral part of the heritage and history … Read more
We continue the Antigua Color Series with yellow wall, Amarillo La Merced, to be precise, as backdrop for this interaction between a local and a visitor. This precisely what I like to capture when I hit the streets, human interaction, gestures, and emotions. Have a happy Sunday everyone. Stay tuned for a week full of … Read more
Did you guys know that there is an official color palette for Antigua Guatemala? The official color palette has 12 colors, I have done a series on these colors before, take a tour through the Color Palette category. The picture here showcases the Rojo Santo Domingo, red, as captured on the Compañía de Jesús building. … Read more
I really enjoy teaching street photography to timid photographers through the Antigua Photo Walks. Here’s a photographer who in the previous week had told me that he was uncomfortable photographing people, yet decided to take the street photography walk with me and now he was capturing fabulous pictures within five feet from the subjects. Some … Read more
I came across the pork shop, marraneria, La Divina Providencia, at the market the other day. This pork shop is one of the business that used to be located on 6a avenida norte, right across from the Compañía de Jesús building, but as many business and residences in Antigua Guatemala, it had to move because … Read more
Many places in the world have breakfast sandwiches. Guatemala is no exception. The typical Guatemalan breakfast sandwich usually has scrambled eggs and black beans, sometimes sausages or hot links inside a pirujo or francés piece of bread. Pirujos and shucos are the two native sandwiches from Guatemala.Pirujos are plain white dinner rolls that are the … Read more
Okay, I am going to come clean. We have not been suffering through Winter. I know I have complained about the harsh cold temperatures, you know 10C/50F, that we have experienced this winter. Well, the one piece of information I left out is the fact that those cold temperatures only last for a couple hours … Read more
We woke up to a chilly morning, 10C/50F, with strong winds and gorgeous sunshine bathing the volcanoes. Volcano Fuego, as usual, erupting huge fumaroles high into the deep blue skies. Then I noticed the huge moon in the horizon, next to the twin peaks of volcano Acatenango. I know that within minutes the moon will … Read more
The best way to celebrate International Women’s Day is to work everyday towards the same rights, education, salaries, opportunities, and respect for everyone, regardless of gender. March 8 should be a day to ponder how much we have advanced in the previous 364 days before, don’t you agree?
While some people in the northern hemisphere are still suffering the struggles of a harsh winter, here in Antigua Guatemala we are already enjoying the benefits of Summer. The mercado, market, is full of summer tropical fruits: mangoes, jocotes de marañón, tangerines, all kinds of berries, pineapples, etc. In my opinion, this is the most … Read more
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Marañón or cashew. If it is the cashew plum, we call it jocote de marañón. For the cashew nuts, we say semilla de marañón. Another name for the cashew nut in Spanish is Nuez de la India. I am back with a studio photograph of the three … Read more
Today I had the great pleasure to meet a food photographer and blogger from Chowzter.com who lives in Mexico. Since she is going around town trying all the different venues, we decided to have lunch at a brand new venue for her, so headed over to Origami, the newest Japanese restaurant in Antigua Guatemala. As … Read more
This fabulous picture of the sunrise over the Valle de Panchoy, valley of Panchoy, also known as Antigua Guatemala was shared by Federico Rosales-Arzú, a fellow photographer. This panoramic vista was captured around 7am from San Bartolome Milpas Altas, a village near Antigua Guatemala, somewhere between San Lucas and the colonial town. This was a … Read more
Today I have decided to share with all the people suffering from the harsh Winter cold, this simple picture of Winter sunshine in Antigua Guatemala, framed around the bright warm yellow from La Merced church, the purple flowers of the Jacaranda tree and a few friends playing an informal football game, chamusca we call it … Read more
As every Sunday during Lent, Antigua Guatemala gets dress of purple, the color of penitence and the streets become crowded with cucuruchos waiting their turn at carrying the processional float, photographers trying to get yet one more picture of the religious figures and the new processional setups and people full of devotion and awe. For … Read more