Another collection of nine images from the streets of Mexico City, streets of ceaseless vitality. Señora counts the change / Señora cuenta el cambio (Eje Central, Centro Histórico) Where have you been? / Dónde has estado? (Colonia Guerrero) Big Lunch (Centro Histórico) Testing the lines / Probando las lineas (Lagunilla) Soldier looking towards National Palace […]
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Below, a third collection of nine photos in this series of Mexico City Street Photography. This collection has a little bit of a theme running through it. There are three photographs of musicians, two of whom belong to the vast army of ambulant musicians (buskers) who roam the streets or station themselves on corners, in […]
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Here is another installment of nine photographs from the streets of Mexico City. I took all of the shots in the historic centre of the city bar the penultimate shot which was taken in Colonia Juarez, an inner-city suburb boasting plentiful beautiful architecture. As before, all are phone shots. Fatigue at the end of the […]
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Below, a collection of nine photographs from the streets of Mexico City. All these were taken either in the historic centre of the city or in the neighbourhood of Guerrero which abuts the downtown to the west. All photos have been previously posted on my instagram but I have decided to publish a selection of […]
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I was recently in Tijuana – el último rincón de la patria ( the last corner of the motherland) – having crossed over on foot from the southern suburbs of San Diego. The San Ysidro border crossing is the most crossed land border in the world. Heading south into Mexico,however, the crossing was swift and […]
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Mexico – A group of honest citizens, concerned about the country, proposed carrying out a human sacrifice of members of the legislature to pacify the recent clouds of smoke from Popo and thus solve two problems with a single measure. A member of the group that proposed the measure stated that ¨like the Aztecs several […]
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Below a second installment of five photographs that I´ve taken on the streets of Mexico City. The first installment is here. Esquina de helado (Ice cream corner): First up is a shot of the ubiquitous Mexican ice cream chain La Michoacana. This particularly retro branch is found on the corner of Calles Guerrero and Orozcco y Berra […]
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Three photos from the inner city neighbourhood of Tabacalera. The colonia has loads of derelict charm and is one of my favourites for urban wandering. Fidel Castro and Che Guevara stayed in this part of town while they planned the insurgency against Batista. The following were taken during a late Sunday afternoon wander. Pale blue abandonment […]
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On weekdays I alight from the subway, the new day still in darkness and join the throng to ascend the stairs and listen to the female cry of 5 peso jellies for breakfast. Through the turnstiles and then I turn left, still groggy from too little sleep and pass churros being sugared, fruits high-powered liquefied, […]
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Here is a selection of photos that I took on the streets and in a bar in Havana, Cuba during my visit to the island nation in July 2011. The quality of the images is not so great. I just had a crappy little camera at the time. Nevertheless, I like the shots and they […]
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