As I have been saying the last few days, Semana Santa is a week of family time. Every member of the family involved somehow in the religious traditions of Antigua Guatemala. Such is the case here where a mother embraces her Dolorosa daughter who was ready to carry the processional float of the Virgen de … Read more
Lent and Semana Santa is time to show devotion and love as you can see in the picture above. With this wonderful image we say goodbye for now to the mini series Lenten Vistas. I hope you have enjoyed it! Join me for a very special photo walk every Sunday of Lent, from 2 pm … Read more
As I mentioned yesterday, procession give us a window into the full spectrum of the Guatemalan identity. Here’s a Maya woman with a religious attired used during the carrying of the processional floats. Join me for a very special photo walk every Sunday of Lent to learn my approach techniques for street portraits and much … Read more
Lent processions provide so many opportunities to capture the essence of the Guatemalan identity as well. Here’s a street portrait of a Dolorosa carrying an incense burning during a Lenten procession.
Today I share with you a photograph of a little cucurucho boy wearing what could be his first purple robe and his mother a Dolorosa or hermana cargadora. By the way, in case you didn’t know, purple is the color of penitence. With Lent the color purple becomes very fashionable in Antigua Guatemala. You see … Read more
Here’s the short story, this grandmother poses on the other side of a procesional carpet, or alfombra in Spanish. A relative is taking a couple of snapshots. The photo walk group I am leading and I decide to also make some portraits of her. A cucurucho decides to photo bomb as he walks toward the … Read more
The Holy Week is almost over. I have a few dozen photographs such as this one in my archives now. Tomorrow, Domingo de Resurrección or Domingo de Pascua [Easter Sunday], the last procession will come out. I will try to cover it in more intimate manner, to create a cozy atmosphere. Stay tuned for the … Read more