Sights of Our Times — Smiles Behind Masks

PHOTO STOCK: Mayan women smiling after buying meds at the pharmacy.

A chance encounter at the pharmacy provided the opportunity to capture the portraits of these three Mayan women. One of them said to me, “We are Guatemalan women and it is too bad you can’t see our smiles behind our masks.” Of course, the masks can not hide the good vibes and smiles that were … Read more

Pandemic Sights: Fast Food To Go Only

PHOTO STOCK: Pandemic Sights - Fast Food To Go Only

Welcome to the new normality in Antigua Guatemala. Restaurants can only serve to go or delivery; thus their gorgeous dining areas remained closed. Interesting enough, I made a fisheye view of the dining area on March 16, 2020, the last day restaurants were allowed to serve customers at the tables. Take a look at the … Read more

14th Anniversary — Only Shopping for the Essentials

Pandemic Vista - People queueing to buy fast-food in Antigua Guatemala BY RUDY GIRON

AntiguaDailyPhoto.com began on May Day 2006 with the goal of sharing daily life imagery from the little town of Antigua Guatemala, embedded among towering colossal volcanoes in the Mayan highlands of Guatemala, located in northern Central America. With a tiny footprint of about one squared kilometer [0.6 of a mile] I figure I would ran … Read more