The Ages of Coffee
In this photograph I try to captured the different ages or stages of the coffee berries. Since we are showing the different …
The Hands That Rock the Coffee
These are the hands the rock the coffee berries off the branches swiftly, almost effortlessly it seemed. There’s something about these hands …
Coffee Colors
In Spanish we use the word café to mean coffee and brown. Coffee berries, however, begin their color palette lifecycle as green …
Coffee Pickers from Antigua Guatemala
Today I took a photo tour with other members of Club Fotográfico de Antigua inside Finca Filadelfia. The idea behind the tour …
Festival Foto>30 2010 Opens in Antigua Guatemala
Guatemala’s largest photo festival Foto▸30 was inaugurated tonight in La Antigua Guatemala with two photo exhibits: Tribu and Que los muertos hablan. …
The Rainiest Year Ever
This has to be the rainiest year ever in my entire life. I had never ever seen so much rainfall. After several …
Forged Metal Door Knocker
How can one find beauty in such a rustic forged metal knocker? I don’t know, but the instant I saw it I …
Antigua Style Street Lighting
I promise to stop whining about the rainy season and its washed and gray skies if I am allowed to capture a …
New Gardens in San Pedro Las Huertas
In the nine years that I have been living around La Antigua Guatemala I had never seen so much work being done …
Immigration Inception
What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient… highly contagious. Once an idea has taken …
Remittances Architecture
Immigrants remittances are shaping the landscape of Mesoamerica with houses and constructions built upon the dreams and hard work of people in …
Arquitectura de Remesas Exhibit
Not too long ago I visited the exhibit Arquitectura de Remesas, an anthropological, architectonic and photographic study of how immigrants remittances are …
Antigua Guatemala Terraces
As I said before in Casa Antigüeña: The Terrace, “from the attic, it is only a matter of a few steps to …
Brand New 200 Quetzals Bill is Already Circulating
Today while doing some banking mandados, errands, out of curiosity I ask if they already had the brand new Q200 bill (200 …
Almost Perfect
There are days in La Antigua Guatemala that are almost perfect, even during the rainy season. However, most days of the rainy …