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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Xochimlico is a southern municipality of Mexico City, famous for its canals. The most popular way to experience the canals is onboard a colourful trajinera, a uniquely Mexican version of the Venetian gondola. With a group of friends and/or family you can load up your trajinera with as much food and drink you need for an afternoon of meandering […]
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Here is a third instalment of a series that I started late last year. Click here and here for the first two parts. All of the photos are recent and all but one were taken in the historic centre of Mexico City. A musician descends the stairs at Pino Suarez Metro Station in the late […]
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La Fiesta de Jesús del Gran Poder is an annual religious celebration in the streets of La Paz, Bolivia. I joined in the celebrations on May 29 2010, which coincided with the last day of my third decade. The festival brings an explosion of colour, dance and music to the city and the party goes […]
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Viejo o adolescente, criollo o mestizo, general, obrero o licenciado, el mexicano se me aparece como un ser que encierra y se preserva: máscara el rostro y máscara la sonrisa. The Mexican, whether young or old, criollo o mestizo, general or labourer or lawyer, seems to me to be a person who shuts himself away to protect […]
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I think that the image above shows several aspects of the beautiful, colonial city of San Cristobal de las Casas in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, one of the country’s poorest. The prevalence of the Mayan people and their culture is evident throughout the city. Here, a Mayan lady looks in her purse for […]
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Here’s a second instalment of hombres del distrito because if there is something that Mexico City is not lacking, it is men. Siesta time on the corner of cinco de mayo and eje central in the centro histórico. Ambulant vendor in front of trajineras in the canal district of Xochimilco. Musician on calle regina in the centro histórico. […]
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Here is an old shot I took in 2010. La Quebrada de Cafayate is near the town of Cafayate in the northern Argentine province of Salta.
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Men of the District: District refers to the Federal District (Distrito Federal), the political entity of Mexico City. These are some of the gents that I have seen, met or encountered over the past year or so in México DF. This is Julio, a vagrant troubadour. My good friend Ro and I met Julio in […]
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The title I have given to this collection of three photos is straight forward. In the case of the first two, it simply describes their occupation in the informal economy of Mexico City; torta (Mexican sandwich) maker and sweet potato vendor. I’m not sure of the occupation of the third guy or whether he has […]
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