As I said yesterday, for this year Day of the Dead Photography Workshop, I took along an instant camera/printer so I can give prints on the spot. This is a portrait I gave to the grandmother shown in the picture. Enjoy the photographic tour through the cemeteries in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala during Day of the Dead … Read more
Everyone enjoys the warm sunshine available even during Winter in Antigua Guatemala. What are you still waiting for?
All the kite shops are ready for the vientos fuertes, strong winds from the north. Here I share with you a window view into what you might expect in a typical kite shop in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala. On the right side of the frame you can see over 1.25 meter or 4-ft wide … Read more
Believe it or not, this old man was not posing. In fact, he was just in awe while listening to the municipal play across the street. I saw him standing there and I just knew I had to capture his posture. Once again, a simple quotidian vista from Antigua Guatemala. Enjoy!
Here’s a grandmother and granddaughter partnering in this small enterprise to bring organic, GMO free, gluten free, fruit and vegetable booth. How would you caption this photograph?
It’s so interesting to see so many old men still very active on their bicycles. either vintage bicycles or modern two-wheelers as you can see in this picture. Perhaps, it is bicycles the reason why so many elders are still quite active and mobile in Antigua Guatemala, don’t you think? By the way, take a … Read more
As I have mentioned before, we make images with everything that we have read, watched, listened to and experienced. If we think about it, each picture is a portrait of the photographer as much as of the subject being photographed. Today’s photograph takes its title from the film “Los lunes al sol“, “Mondays in the … Read more
Here’s your Spanish word of the day: Peregrino or pilgrim. Although I have seen the Ruta del peregrino signs all over town, I have to admit I do not know what the actual route looks like or what it actually means. I guess that’s homework for me. I supposed they are referring the pilgrims visiting … Read more
If you don’t like happy people, stay away from Guatemala. There are so many smiling people here that you might get infected. Honest, smiling people are contagious and you might not be able to block it off. Street photography is my favourite kind of image making. This picture was captured during a recent social documentary … Read more
In a constant basis I add new portraits to my ever-growing series “Guatemalans.” Of course, abuelitas are well represented in the series. This is the latest picture of a typical Guatemalan granny who lives in the village of San Pedro Las Huertas, Antigua Guatemala. I really enjoy the portrait photography process as I get to … Read more
As I have mentioned before, it is impossible to think of the Guatemalan, Mexican and Mesoamerican diet without maize. From the Popul Vuh (Popol Wuj in modern spelling), the Mayan equivalent of the Bible, which states that humans were literally created from maize, to Miguel Ángel Asturias‘ novel Hombres de maíz (Men of Maize) which … Read more
If you have follow my daily posts in AntiguaDailyPhoto for a few months or a few years, one thing would very obvious right away, I love doing street photography and capturing candid images from the streets of Antigua Guatemala. In the almost eight years I have been publishing daily photographs here, I have amassed a … Read more
Last May I showed you a picture of a little girl playing with her shadow while she was going for the morning bread. I entitle that picture “My shadow and I” and I have to tell you it was one of my most successful photographs from last year. Today, I repeat the theme, except, it … Read more
I was able to capture a portrait of this old man taking the sun next to the San Pedro monument in San Pedro Las Huertas. Since the statue has no plaque and I am not at all knowledgable about saint effigies, I had to ask who the sculpture represented and he was kind enough to … Read more
Each morning the streets are filled with people of all ages going or coming from doing errands, as simple as buying fresh tortillas or pan (bread), or taking kids to school, or whatever. Here we can see a grandmother on her way to get tortillas. Inside the tienda we can see people buying all kinds … Read more