Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Güipil or Huipil for blouse. It’s been a while since I last shared with you a portrait of the series: I am Guatemala. I hope you enjoy this softhearted portrait a Maya little girl sporting a beautiful and vibrant huipil; that’s what we call the beautifully … Read more
Today’s image is the portrait of Maya girl holding her candid portrait. Giving away these portrait prints is the best gift for me as I receive such wonderful smiles and sólo buenas vibras, only good vibes in the process. The synergy created by the act of giving prints of the portraits made on the streets … Read more
One of the things that I share during the Photo Walks I lead is how to approach our subjects with respect and engage with honest interest. As I often say, you get out of the streets what you put in. In that respect, I have been very fortunate to have the opportunity to make portraits … Read more
We continue our mini series of “Portraits Prints as Gifts” with surprised face of this shy Maya girl. In fact, she was reluctant to even participate in the making of the first portrait. Her mom had to encourage her. Introverts are like that, it takes a solid argument to convince them to participate in a … Read more
It’s been a while since I added another entry on the I am Guatemala series. How about if this week we do a mini series to dispel the belief of what Guatemalans should look like? In the mean time, you can take a photographic tour through Guatemalan rainbow of people. Enjoy!
Guatemala’s National Telephone Company was so bad that land lines only represent less than 5% of all the telephone lines in Guatemala. On top of that, it used to be so expensive and with waiting periods of years to get a telephone line. Lucky us that cellular telephony came to be and soon enough Guatemala … Read more
The streets of Antigua Guatemala are full with people on the move, the Mayas not excluded. So, often times, it’s best to capture candid daily life slices of the Maya on the streets, away from the tourists traps where most of the Maya there are selling their handicrafts and art. Here I captured the smile … Read more
Push and pull, push and pull, slowly but with all the strength of her little muscles this little girl was able to bring the box of strawberries near the fruit stand. It breaks my heart to see SO MANY children working instead of being in school like they should if the laws were enforced in … Read more
The negotiation. Of course, you already know who won. This is one of my favourite pictures from today’s private photo walk. We had lots of fun challenging ourselves to go above and beyond our comfort levels in our street photography while capturing portraits of strangers. Additional information about the private photo walks at www.AntiguaPhotoWalks.com
Last week we did a mini series on campesinos and the milpa fields located on the skirt of Volcán de Agua. Today we show the most obvious and popular food, tortillas, that is made from maize harvested from the milpa fields. Other Guatemalan food based on corn are: Tamales, tostadas, chuchitos, pupusas, atoles, dobladas, enchiladas, … Read more
I saw this Maya girl peeking through the windows of a very high-end cafe in Antigua Guatemala; fortunately, I had my telephoto lens with me and on the camera, so I pulled it to my eye, anticipated what would the next window where she would show up and point it at it. Sure enough she … Read more
Of course, these ladies who prepare us our daily tortillas can not be missing in series about the real Guatemala. Here we see the clay comal ready to receive the uncooked corn cakes to be turned into fresh tortillas. Below the comal we can see the fire and the ever present pot with frijoles (black … Read more
This little girl, who looks to be no more than five-years-old, is calmly sitting by herself watching the daily activity and buzz on the cobbled street before her.