The quality of the light has been fabulous. I feel the urge to re-shoot almost all the buildings, houses, churches and ruins all over again. It’s been only two weeks since our last look at the Antigua Guatemala’s Cathedral, but the colors are a-changing so I figure I shoot it again. Here are other photos … Read more
Here is a slice of a frozen moment and life on a Sunday morning right after mass. This image could illustrate a meeting at the atrium of a town’s church anywhere in America, the continent, but in this case the snapshot was taken in San Miguel Escobar, a village about 3 kilometers from La Antigua … Read more
For the celebrations of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th, many towns have float parades. In this photo, we have “McGyver” raising his hands with pride and his campesino (farm worker) effigy float getting ready for the Ciudad Vieja float parade that goes by the convite name. Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / … Read more
We continue the music journey at Jamtigua International Music Festival with Ranferí Aguilar and his Rain Maker show. Hacedor de Lluvia or Rain Maker could be classified as new age music created with pre-hispanic music instruments. I know this short explanation does not really explain Ranferí Aguilar’s music, so I decided to present two videos … Read more
El Parque Central (Central Park click the link to see all the previous photos related to the park) is one of the nicest places in town. You can do many fun things around the park, spending nothing or so little money. You can have a cup of the best coffee in the world; you can … Read more
You may remember this red wall from the Pick your color #1 entry. These are some of adjectives our visitors use for this wall: It’s warm and an old color, red is more passionate—alive, red is like blood, rojo sangre de toro, et-cetera (you can read all the comments by clicking the link Pick your … Read more
Jamtigua is a music festival, now in its second year. Jamtigua is the merging of the words Jam and Antigua and the creation of Javier Burga. This year the music festival included paintings, sculptures, belly dancing, tap dancing and salsa dancing among other activities. The show started at noon on November 18th, and lasted about … Read more
Selling folk-art is only one of the activities that these two Indigenous girls do. —Don’t move little sister or I might hurt you!— I can hear the older one saying to the little girl. Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / Antigua / Guatemala / Indigenous women / Guatemalan folk-art
Guatemalan textiles are among the most look-after items in the folk-art markets. You have to be careful though, they come in two categories: cheap imitations and the expensive hand-woven originals. The Indigenous women only wear the original stuff, so if you want to buy a piece that will last for a long time, make sure … Read more
This outdoor folk-art market sets on the street outside the El Carmen Ruins on the weekends only, located about two blocks from Central Park. Tags: Antigua Daily Photo / Antigua / Guatemala / Indigenous women / Guatemalan folk-art
Guatemalan textiles are world-famous. As a graphic designer, I have been intrigued for a long while now about the fact that the indigenous people use so many different colors, patterns and textures in their textiles and yet the whole pieces are always in harmony. How do they do it? Just click the link to see … Read more
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and nowhere is awareness, new legislation and law enforcing need it more than in Guatemala. No más is campaign by Amnesty International to stop the killings of women in Guatemala(1). Director Giselle Portenier came to Guatemala to document the story of the brutal … Read more
Okay, welcome back from an ease going weekend. It is Monday and you want things to be mellow, so I am not going to complicate things. The rules of the game are very simple: You look at the photo, You pick one single color and You leave a comment tell us what color you picked … Read more
Since Nuno set the mood for church photos for this Friday, November 3rd, here I do a follow up photo of yesterday’s bell housing at San Pedro Las Huertas Cathedral. Here is another angle of the same church. Here is a rough and free translation of information I found at EnAntigua.com site about San Pedro … Read more
It just does not seem fair that Nuno gets all the attention with his church photos; sure he captures great images, sure Porto has many gorgeous churches, sure the weather is fabulous there. It is difficult to keep up with image magic that Nuno delivers almost daily, but I know La Antigua Guatemala has plenty … Read more