Black and White Daily Life Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Take 13
Today I share with you a black and white vista of the arches inside the former cathedral ruins. Enjoy!
Black and White Daily Life Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Take 10
It’s been a couple months or so since I last shared black and white photographs from Antigua Guatemala with you. Today’s photo is …
Black and White Daily Life Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Take 9
You talkin’ to Me? She reminds me of Travis and she’s not even a Taxi Driver. Always follow the white rabbit through …
Black and White Daily Life Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Take 7
One of my favorite photographic approaches for Antigua Guatemala is using the hundreds of arches found in the city as creative frames, …
Black and White Daily Life Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Take 2
In general, Guatemalans are pretty good at keeping their face masks outside of our homes. But every once in a while, one …
Black and White Daily Life Vistas from Antigua Guatemala — Take 1
It’s been a while since I shared black and white photography from Antigua Guatemala with you. Here’s a portrait of Enid, a …
Dress Your Walls with a Metallic Print of A Man with Bicycle at La Merced Church
Here’s the opportunity to show your support for the work I have done over 15 years of daily posts at AntiguaDailyPhoto.com and receive at the same time a gorgeous 11″x14″ metallic print… TAP to see the full size photo and post.
Antigua in Black and White — You’re always welcome
“Aquí siempre son bienvenidos. Lo poco que tenemos lo compartimos y pueden estar seguro que las sonrisas son nuestro mejor regalo.” —Any …
Having lunch on the streets of Antigua Guatemala
Today I share with you simple slice of life from Antigua Guatemala: a group of people having lunch on the streets of …
The Piano Man
As promised nearly ten years ago, I share with you the stuff I see, the stuff I come across. Today I bring …
Some people live in color, some people live in black and white
Dorothy: Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. [from the film The Wizard of Oz] I clearly remember the film The Wizard …
Inside Iglesia San Francisco El Grande, Antigua Guatemala
Today we have a humble black and white picture showing the main isle inside iglesia de San Francisco El Grande in La …
The Shoe-shine Transaction
Here’s one of my tips from the street photography walks: Anticipate your photos. In other words, visualize your picture before it becomes …
I am Guatemala
Simple and direct. I think this will be my title for my new series about Guatemalans. What do you think?
Portraits of Strangers: The Working Boy
Oh boy oh boy, today I bring you a portrait of a little boy that works the streets of Antigua Guatemala. He …
Holy Week Elements: The Roman Soldiers
Since everyone is taking colour photographs of the Semana Santa in Antigua Guatemala, I decided to do a black and white coverage …
Holy Week Elements: Copal Incense
As I explained with the corozo palm aroma, I can bring to you the colors, the imagery, the sounds and even video …
My shadow and I
My shadow and I is all I need to have fun while doing errands! Oh don’t you wish the times were simpler …
Norman Ávila, The Guatemalan Weather and Geo-location Guru
Here’s another dramatic portrait for the newly created Portrait category. As always, follow the white rabbit to look at the other entries …
Real Guatemala: Los novios
Even though you can not fully see the girlfriend, believe me she’s there, she just pulled her upper body to be in …
Only in LAG: Home Delivery of…
’nuff said!
Flat TVs Are The New Trend Inside Camionetas
The never mind the lack of seat belts, comfortable seats, handicap access ramps, clean fuel burning engines or thread-less tires so long …
Black and white of the Izote tree or yucca guatemalensis
The izote tree, yucca guatemalensis, is the Mesoamerican cousin of the yucca tree or Joshua tree and one of my favorite plants …
The chucho is part of the Guatemalan landscape
Honestly, I can not think of the Guatemalan landscape without the omnipresent chucho; that’s what we call the mutt or street dog …
Fuente de las Sirenas Around Christmas time
The Plaza Mayor, main plaza, or Parque Central as we normally refer to main square in Antigua Guatemala is among the best …
Hello, hello, you’re breaking up…
Oh the things Guatemalans must do to carry on a conversation via the cellular telephones without breaking up the call. Of course, …
Entrance to Las Capuchinas Convent
This is the humble entrance to the huge convent complex of Las Capuchinas, founded as Convento e Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del …
Arches of Tanque de la Unión at Night
Would you like to know why this public water tank and washbasins goes by the name of Tanque de la Unión? The …
Black and White of Escuela de Cristo, aka Parroquia Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
One more entry on our black and white series of the churches in and around Antigua Guatemala at night. This is the …
Inside View of the Escuela De Cristo Church
I don’t think I have share many photos from inside the churches and the reason is that photography is prohibited inside many …
San Francisco El Grande Façade in Black and White
Here’s one more doses of the black and white series of the churches in and around Antigua Guatemala. Today’s turn is for …
Dramatic illumination of El Calvario Church
We continue our black and white series of the churches in and around Antigua Guatemala. In this occasion, I stopped by El …
Iglesia de la Merced in Black and White
Since one of the goals of AntiguaDailyPhoto is to bring you new fresh vistas from the same hackneyed places I have decided …
Palo de izote close up in Black and White
As I have said before, Palo de Izote is the Mesoamerican cousin of the yucca tree or Joshua tree and one of …
Black and White of the Cathedral
It's only when you take a look at a white and black photo of the cathedral that one can really appreciate the …
Alone and Lonely
Alone and lonely are two things that first came to my mind when I took this photo and especially so after I …
Paving streets by hand, one block at a time
I know I have shown street repair crews before, but I don't think I have mentioned that most streets in and around …
The Woman Who Wasn’t There
When I took this photo I knew right there and then that it was going to be a black and white photograph. …
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love – The Blues Brothers by Blues Brothers Soundtrack on Grooveshark In Guatemala Valentine’s Day has a much …
Contrasts
Not the normal way you’d think about contrasts (politically speaking), but I just love it when you just try to challenge lighting …
Acatenango Volcano Saga
It’s very enjoyable to look at how the condensation concentrates on vegetation on the volcanic slopes. Probably it would have been nicer …
Classic Lamps
Guess, just a simple guess… Do you recall the place on the images? If so, what were you doing there? text and …
Guatemalan Robocops in Antigua Guatemala
The Guatemalan antiriot police unit provided me with much needed images for my photographic bank. This in particular turned out to work …
Acatenango ahumado
After being away for so long in El Petén, and dealing with a lot of archaeological photography. Anyway, in one of those …
Listen to this Maximón…
I love black and white photography! Even though my photographic signature is actually rich, vibrant saturated colors, I really love what can …
Maximón Lives!
A few months ago, I posted as part of the Theme Day some Maximón effigies made from wood, now holly wood really …
Once Upon a Time In Antigua Guatemala
Here’s once again my dear friend Nelo being such an accomodating model for my take on Antigua Guatemala’s version of El Mariachi …
Father’s Day in Guatemala
Today, for instance, in Guatemala we celebrate Día del padre, Father’s Day. So I decided to share with you three photos of a series of a father and her daughter having a tender lunch. The little girl refused to take the byte unless her dad gave it to her on the mouth. These three photos are in reverse order, so the first frame is the thumbnail on the right, next the thumbnail of the left and finally the photograph above as they break into smiles and happy moments. There other photos with both of them smiling, but I love the mirada juguetona, playful look of the lit
Stop Pacaya, Stop!
I can easily hear a lot of Guatemalans asking just that: Stop Pacaya, Stop! For those who don’t know, Pacaya is the …
School Girls Gathering
As I mentioned yesterday, more often Antigua Guatemala is becoming a gathering venue. Any excuse is good enough to form a crowd …
The Nexus One has arrived to Antigua Guatemala
Modernity has arrived to the quincentennial Antigua Guatemala. AGAIN. It was nearly 18 months ago that I reported the arrival of the …
Theme Day: Lines
I have decided to participate on the monthly theme of the City Daily Photo sites again. You may not know it, but …
I Am Fofo!
I am the Walrus… I am Fofo… I am the Walrus. Honest. Fofo is short in Guatemalan Spanish for Rodolfo, which is …
The Creator and his Angels
Why do creators always look down upon their creations?
The Violinist’s Favorite Song
Ranchero music is for Latin America what the Blues is for the U.S.: music with just enough texture and color to express …