Many parks and main squares in Guatemala have photographers making a living by taken snapshots of visitors who want to keep a memento of their visit. La Antigua Guatemala is not an exception since there are about a dozen park photographers offering the instant photography service. For about Q20/$2.25 you can have your photograph taken … Read more
Most of the time, digital technology is smaller, less expensive, more portable, full of instant gratification and widely available to more people. One exception is the replacement for the instant Polaroid photography. As you can see in the picture above, the park photographers in Antigua Guatemala had to find a replacement for the disappearing Polaroid … Read more
Two things still with us after we considered them long-dead: Polaroid and Polyester. Here and in many parks of Guatemala you can still find polaroid photographers making a living with their instant-print photographic film and cameras. Did you own or use a polaroid camera in your lifetime? Tags: Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo / Antigua / … Read more
La Antigua Guatemala is a small town with big gossip! I remember clearly the first time I heard the saying pueblo chico, chisme grande about La Antigua Guatemala since I immediately thought of the Clint Eastwood’s film Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Carlos Fuentes’ Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins. Now, … Read more
Even though most, if not all, of the quick photo labs are digital now in La Antigua Guatemala, the old and traditional photo studios still remain open. How long will they stay open, I don’t know. I saw how in less than 18 months all the quick photo lab went digital and how the Guatemalan … Read more