We continue the 5-day countdown to the 11th anniversary of AntiguaDailyPhoto with the miniseries of street photography slices of daily life through out Antigua Guatemala. How about snapshot of a laundry day in the village of San Pedro Las Huertas, where mother and child move to the rhythm of water and clothes being washed by … Read more
Often photography enthusiasts and photographers taking a photo walk with me ask if the people still do laundry at the public lavaderos at Tanque de la Unión, Pilas de Santa Clara is the proper name. Well, I was asked that this weekend and sure enough we get there and this woman from Santa María de … Read more
As I have mentioned before, it doesn’t matter what day of the week one stops by the public washbasins, lavaderos around Antigua Guatemala, one will always find the ladies doing the laundry either their own or somebody else’s. I have chatted with several of these women and I’ve asked what were some of the reasons … Read more
We continue our series #RealGuatemala with a photograph of drying clothes in one of the villages of Antigua Guatemala. If you look into the picture, what are the things that you find interesting and what makes you feel this image, if anything at all? For other laundry day pictures in the archives, follow the white … Read more
This is what a typical laundry day looks like at any of the public washbasins and water tanks in and around Antigua Guatemala. What’s not so typical is to see a man doing laundry in one of the lavaderos (washbasins). Este es un típico día en los lavaderos públicos en las aldeas de Antigua Guatemala. … Read more