Meet world-famous Ruth and her daughter Gaby, the Mayan Mad Hatters of Antigua Guatemala. If you’re in need of a hat this Summer, don’t look any further, Ruth has the right hat for you. By the way, this portrait was made during a street photography workshop where I was sharing everything I know about one … Read more
Guatemala is world-famous for their colorful and intricate, hand-woven textiles, so it comes as no surprise that masks were with these Mayan textiles almost as soon as face coverings were mandatory. See the face mask worn by the girl in the back. Honestly, I can’t believe I haven’t shared these gorgeous and unique face masks … Read more
We continue our series of tourists visiting Antigua Guatemala with this colorful portrait of a family from Chichicastenango. Follow the white rabbit for other photographs of tourists visiting Antigua Guatemala.
Two Mayan women talk to each during the lunch break steps away from the entrance of the Cathedral ruins in Antigua Guatemala. That’s your typical vista dispatch from the colonial city formerly known as Santiago de Guatemala.
I am completely ruined. After having spent so much time around rich, intense colors, textures, idiosyncrasies, how could I ever live again in places with muted colors, muted lifestyles, where everything is the same old, same old. How could I? How could you?
As every first of the month, AntiguaDailyPhoto is joining City Daily Photo community in the orchestrated global effort to show you “contrast” as a theme day. My dear friend Manolo Romero said this recently in his guest post Weekend en (La Antigua) Guatemala, “Guatemala is a land of contrasts, and in that sense, La Antigua … Read more
I can’t count the number of times my mother chastised me for slouching throughout my childhood. A few times she even succeeded in convincing me to practice walking with a book on my head so that I might “improve my posture.”