Ambulant vegetable vendor in Ciudad Vieja
One of the benefits of the Guatemalan informal economy is the ambulant vendors. You can get all kind of things from fresh …
Television break after a making tortillas
In Guatemala tortillas are always available freshly made, three times a day or los tres tiempos as it is usually posted outside …
Feeding the workers of Antigua Guatemala
Fully wrapped pots in baskets with hot food inside that’s all you need to feed the working class of fincas, shops, construction …
Sharing buñuelos with the family
Dónde come uno, comen tres. Where one eats, three can eat. Guatemalan buñuelos, one of the comfort foods for December, are kind …
Maya girls jumping around Parque Central in Antigua Guatemala
Recently I shared with you a photograph of three boys having a blast with a portable wooden staircase on a platform and …
Street Portraits of Strangers — The Old Man and the Band
Believe it or not, this old man was not posing. In fact, he was just in awe while listening to the municipal …
Feeding the ambulant vendors of Antigua Guatemala
There are two or three food vendors that show up around noon in Parque Central to feed the ambulant street vendors and …
Imagination is the best game for children in Guatemala
I believe I touched lightly on this subject back in May 2013 with the entry, “My shadow and I.” Anyhow, I believe …
Protecting Mayan Textiles with Copyrights
Last week, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court sided with the Guatemalan weavers and their copyrights to intellectual property of their weavings. Now congress will …
Join us for a fun and amazing “Día de Muertos” in Guatemala
Even though Day of the Dead is actually observed on November 2nd, and All Saints Day is celebrated on November 1st, we …
Young Maya mother with her son
One thing I have noticed through the years of photographing the people of Guatemala is how close and tight are the families. …
What makes Guatemala so special?
My response will always be the same: Its people, its happy smiling people, to be precise. Don’t you agree?
School year is over in Guatemala
The school year in Guatemala begins in January and ends in October. So, it is a common vista to see kids and …
Hot Body or Hot Chocolate
Did you know that chocolate means bitter drink in Nahualt? Who needs a hot body when you can have hot chocolate? This …
Guatemalan flags on sale
Starting at the end of August, the ambulant flag vendors hit the streets with every flag size and shade of blue to …