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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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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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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Below is a just a minuscule selection of the street art that can be found all over Mexico’s Federal District. I like to wander the city and be surprised by what’s around the next corner. Some of the art stays for a while, some is ephemeral, something new will pop up, the city is dynamic […]
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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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