I met Leticia while delivering José’s free portrait print [The Mayan Mad Hatter]. Leticia was eating mangoes [thus the mask hanging out of her ear in the portrait below] with her mom on the opposite side of the pathway in Parque Central. To hone my abilities of making portraits of strangers sharp, I often challenge … Read more
Antigua Guatemala’s Covid-testing clinic is located inside the installation of the health center at Parque Isabel La Católica. Even though the clinic has signs that says movil, mobile, it pretty much stays at the centro de salud, health center, most of the time. Well, except when they set up the mobile units at the main … Read more
Today I share with vista of the volcanoes Fuego, left, and Acatenango, two craters, towering over the rooftops of Antigua Guatemala. Often, volcano Fuego is puffing fumaroles high into the sky. Take a photographic tour through the many vistas of the volcanoes I have shared with you in the last 15 years. That’s 199 posts … Read more
Today I share with you an unusual vista of Iglesia La Merced and the Arch taken from the rooftop of the City Hall palace. Not often one can get access to such a fantastic vantage point. Enjoy! In three more days we will be celebrating the 15th anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com. As I have mentioned a few … Read more
Back on May Day 2006 I set out to share with you daily life vistas and something else from Antigua Guatemala, a tiny town with 8×8 street grid, more or less. So, today I am happy to share with you some interesting window decoration and something else I found at Calle del Arco. Enjoy!
Actually in five days we will be celebrating the 15th anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto.com. You know, I will be stopping the daily updates on May 1st, 2021; the site will live on and I will post updates from time to time, but not daily. It has been a wild ride, 5,479 days by the time we … Read more
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Mimo for mime. Today I share with you a behind the scenes vista of the famous Tamagochy mime entertaining the passings crowds in the temporal pedestrian food corridors installed on the weekends in Antigua Guatemala.
Can you believe it has been over a year since I last posted an entry on the Foodie Fridays series? I am glad I am reviving this delicious series with a photograph of the appetizing tostones with hilachas, shredded beef fried plantain patties served by one of my favorite foodie spots in Guatemala: Restaurant 27 … Read more
You won’t believe how many times I have seen millennials and influencers using the classic cars they encounter in Antigua Guatemala as props in their impromptu mobile phone photo shoots. Today I shared a couple behind the scenes shots in one of those smartphone shoots. Of course, as I have mentioned before, Antigua Guatemala is … Read more
Today I share with you a vista from the former Cathedral of Santiago de Guatemala, nowadays Antigua Guatemala, framed through the arches of the Palacio del Ayuntamiento, the City Hall palace. You can see the purple banners used during lent draped over the hand rails of the second floor of this building.
Ruinas El Carmen are among the best preserved samples of the Moorish baroque architecture found in Antigua Guatemala. In fact, putting the close-up detail of the façade of Iglesia de La Merced and Ruinas El Carmen we get to appreciate back to back the intricate details found in the most detail-rich façades found in our … Read more
Today I share with you a close-up view of the Moorish baroque details of the façade of Iglesia de La Merced; one of the most photogenic churches in Antigua Guatemala. Make sure to take a look at the full size photograph.
How about some premium Guatemala coffee with some delicious sweet bread. Did you know it is common practice in Guatemala to dunk the bread in the cup of coffee?
As I have said many times before, the synergy created by the act of giving prints of the portraits made on the streets is incredible. Giving away these portrait prints is the best gift for me as well as I get… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
Every block of Antigua Guatemala provides opportunities to capture fabulous doorways. I was already hook on doorways from Antigua Guatemala before I even began sharing them with you back in 2006. Take a photographic tour through the hundreds of doorways I have shared with you in 15 years and share with me which is your … Read more