Children’s Procession in La Antigua Guatemala
Back on Ash Wednesday, February 21st, 2007, I said that in the Catholic Realm the Holy Week celebration had begun with Ash …
Name All the Tropical Fruits
One of the things I like best about La Antigua Guatemala is its location. One hour or less from Guatemala City and …
Taking a break from Spanish Classes
I had said it before, La Antigua Guatemala is tiny town —barely a 10×10 block grid— yet it manages to host well …
Enjoying the Sunset at the Park
One of the best things to do in La Antigua Guatemala is to enjoy the sunsets at the parks or in a …
Glimpse into a Guatemalan Bicycle Repair Shop
Normally, I try to publish clean, with almost no visual noise, photographs as in Shadow Casting Lamp, the wallpaper series, Palo de …
Inside a Bicycle Repair Shop
I have posted many photos of bicycles in and around Antigua Guatemala and I even said that bicycles are among the most-widely …
Guatemalan Textiles Market at La Fuente
Here is a better shot showing how the Guatemalan textiles literally carpet the garden around the fountain (fuente in Spanish) at La …
Guatemalan Textiles at La Fuente
On the weekends the center garden around the fountain in La Fuente strip mall and restaurant is carpeted by Guatemalan textiles on …
Theme Day: Men at Work
Architecture arose from man’s necessity to shelter from the environment. First, he used the caves where he left registered scenes from his daily life, to then build, with the materials found in nature, his home. As humankind organized socially and the jobs became specialties, the first masons appeared and transformed the natural materials such stone and wood, and invented others like adobes and bricks from clay. (fragment from La mano de obra en la arquitectura from JM Magaña in Recrearte Magazine, page 8, available in Spanish as a PDF download)
Take My Photograph
Even though most, if not all, of the quick photo labs are digital now in La Antigua Guatemala, the old and traditional …
Guatemalan Cuisine Sampler
Nowhere is Guatemala’s syncretism more evident than in its food. Here you have a sampler of what is considered authentic traditional Guatemalan …
Wood Handicrafts and the Mahogany Side Note
Wood is a very popular material for handicrafts made by the artisans around Antigua Guatemala. Last year on May 25th I told …
The Crosses are Everywhere
The crosses are everywhere around Antigua Guatemala even though one may become blind to them after a while. This black cross was …
Enjoy it while it lasts!
Sometimes when you start a series you don’t know where to begin. I have colors, rich saturated colors for you. But, I …
Selling Tortillas on the Streets
The informal economy is the basis for making a living for most Guatemalans. That is why you have shoe-shining boys, orchids sellers, …