We begin 2022 with this portrait of the nutcracker of Antigua Guatemala taken during a recent market photo walk. I believe my camera find ambulant nut vendors quite photogenic since I have several portraits of them. Take a look at the following past posts: In Antigua Go Nuts Meet Henry, the nut ambulant vendor Street … Read more
We live in the era of the selfie thus a picture of landmark we visit is not as important as a selfie made at said landmark, right? What are your thoughts regarding selfies?
Here’s your illustrated Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Chapín nickname for Guatemalan. That’s right, chapin is the nickname used by Guatemalans and others that you can use interchangeably with guatemalteco. Guatemalan use the nickname chapin with pride. I believe Guatemalans are the only people in Central America that use their nickname with pride, but … Read more
Today I bring you this simple portrait of family selling organic balls on the streets of Antigua Guatemala. The majority of Guatemalans are hard-working people; always striving to make an honest living, don’t you agree?
Those familiar with Christmas posts will certainly recognise the face of this woman, my Christmas decoration vendor. Every year she shows up on the parque central of San Pedro Las Huertas with all kinds of festive decorations, from the authentic Guatemalan stuff to the glitter artificial stuff as shown here in the background. I believe … Read more
The restaurant business in La Antigua Guatemala is very competitive; over 250 venues for a tiny town, 0.6 of a mile. So, ushers are used by some restaurants to get more patrons inside. The usher for Señor Pepián restaurant fits the name quite nicely, if you ask me. He also makes another great addition to … Read more
Many years ago I shared a portrait of a rugged violin player. This was one of the first portraits of strangers I had shared here. It was an instant success and that portrait was also the first picture I sold through AntiguaDailyPhoto. Ever since I have become really good at photographing strangers sand even making … Read more
Oh Guatemalans, we are a weird, confused bunch. How do we celebrate a birthday, well instead of playing marimba music, we hire mariachis and instead of singing “Feliz cumpleaños a ti, feliz cumpleaños a ti” like they do in many countries in Latin America, we sing “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you…” that’s … Read more
I know that through history artists have realised self-portraits. Also, I am aware that the people started taken self-portraits when the Instamatic or Polaroid cameras appeared, perhaps even before so. Furthermore, I am certain this practice probably increased with the appearance of point-n-shoot cameras. However, I don’t remember the self-portraits being so pervasive and omnipresent … Read more
Oh boy oh boy, today I bring you a portrait of a little boy that works the streets of Antigua Guatemala. He is a little cuidador of cars or looker of vehicles. Basically, he keeps an eye on your vehicle and expects a tip in return. His sister and mom also work the streets near-by. … Read more
He said he’s from Uganda. He was so jovial and well-humored, even chatty. He suggested I visit the African continent where I can find lots of interesting faces for portraits. This magnificent portrait was captured during one of the private photo walks I lead last weekend. I used several techniques here to approach him and … Read more
A while ago I had the great opportunity to make some portraits of Guatemalan filmmaker Luis Argueta. In case you don’t know who Luis Argueta is, here’s a brief bio taken directly from IMDb: “Luis Argueta is a director and producer, known for El silencio de Neto (1994), Collect Call (2002) and AbUSed: The Postville … Read more
If you have follow the daily updates from AntiguaDailyPhoto, you should know this guy by now. Sergio is the leader of crier group, pregoneros in Spanish, who dress up in colonial-style clothing and go around crying the news of the city or the promotions of a business when hired, as in this case, by Casa … Read more
Th Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: caña or vara are the words used in Guatemala for reeds. Often one gets to read only the negative news from Guatemala as the mass media is mostly interested in broadcasting the sensationalistic stuff. Not here, not today. Just as often, I try to bring to your the … Read more
