daily life

Antique Doors of Antigua Guatemala

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Antique Doors of Antigua Guatemala

As I have said before, “every block of Antigua Guatemala provides opportunities to capture stylish doors. I was already hook on doorways from Antigua Guatemala before I even began sharing them with you back in 2006. Take a photographic tour through the hundreds of doorways I have shared with you in the last 15 years and share with … Read more

Daily life vistas from Antigua Guatemala

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I started AntiguaPhotoWalks.com nearly 12 years ago with one simple goal, to share quotidian sights from Antigua Guatemala and surrounding areas and even though I have expanded the scope to include traditions, history, culture and identity of Guatemalans, I tried to often come back to the daily light vistas. So with only 14 days to … Read more

Slice of Daily Life from Antigua Guatemala

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This is the sort of situation you can encounter when you walk around the villages; an elderly person taken a sunbath. In this case, she was trying to push the Municipal IUSI notice inside under the door. IUSI or Impuesto Único Sobre Inmuebles is the property tax we pay in Guatemala. Had she known what … Read more

AntiguaDailyPhoto is your rear window to Antigua Guatemala

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“Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.” —Walker Evans (source: Photo.Net) Alfred Hitchcock´s film “Rear Window” is translated in to Spanish as «La ventana indiscreta» or “The Indiscreet Window.” I can honestly say that I have put a lot … Read more

Slices of Daily Life — Men with Hats

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Slices of Daily Life — Men with Hats by Rudy Giron

Antigua Guatemala is not only a popular destination for foreigners, but also to locals, Guatemalans pues, such as these two cafetaleros, coffee farmers, from the Departamento de Santa Rosa. Of course, if you visit La Antigua Guatemala, it is must do activity to spend some time at Parque Central, the main square, watching people and … Read more

Slices of Daily Life — Photographic Duel

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Inside one of the less known patios of the building of the former Colegio de la Compañía de Jesús I captured a photographic duel between a rangefinder and single lens reflex cameras. I know this is like Greek to many of you, but suffice to say, they are two different ways to see and capture … Read more

Slices of Daily Life — Wi-Fi Sniffing

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Let’s be honest, we all do it, especially so when we’re traveling and need to check something or post the latest update on our trip. I am talking about sniffing Wi-Fi signal from a coffee shop or restaurant. In Guatemala, this should be a less prominent practice as the SIM cards and internet access is … Read more