Here is another instalment (VII) of the Mexico City Street Photography series. Hope you enjoy! Transmuting into a future self / Transmutando hacia su futuro (Pasaje de la Santísima, Centro Histórico) Ostensibly a game / Ostensiblemente un juego (Centro Histórico) Drop an E and hit the pub / Tome E y vaya al pub (San […]
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More phone photography from the streets of la ciudad sin fin (the city with no end). Florid / Hotel Florida (Belisario Dominguez, Centro Histórico) Future taqueros of Mexico or presidents or poets / Taqueros futuros de México o presidentes o poetas (Jose Azueta, Centro Histórico) Fallen trolley bag / Bolso de la carretilla caido (Izazaga, […]
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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 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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Campesinos from the state of Veracruz are in Mexico City and taking off their clothes, as they frequently do, to bring attention to their grievances. Their anger is primarily directed at federal member of parliament Miguel Ángel Yunes of the National Action Party (PAN) who they accuse of embezzling funds from the Institute for Social […]
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It’s time to draw the second card in our game of la lotería mexicana. Most of us, fortunately, have two of these. Essential to our daily lives and to none more so than the thousands of artesanos (artisans or craftsmen/craftswomen) who ply their trade all across the vast expanses of Mexico City. Yes, our second card is […]
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It’s just after 1pm when I leave my sixth floor apartment in the Mexico City Historic Centre and walk a couple of blocks to Pulquería La Antigua Roma (Ancient Rome) on the corners of calles Allende and República de Perú. It’s an old school, no-nonsense place with plastic chairs in a square room with just four small […]
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I take a lot of photos on the streets of Mexico City and elsewhere, many of which just end up on my computer without ever really finding much of an audience. So I thought I would start publishing some of them here in batches of 5. Here is the first instalment. This first photo I […]
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As a kind of companion piece to the street photograph collection Mexico City Centro Histórico at dawn that I posted last year, below you will see four shots of the Centro Histórico at (approaching) dusk. These shots are taken from the rooftop of the building where I live, a short ladder climb from my top floor apartment. Looking […]
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