Guatemala

mother & daughter in a mirror through time

Originally uploaded by Amsterdamned!.

A busy market in Antigua, Guatemala. Cachikel Mayan Mother and daughter were selling clothes and talking to clients. The wooden pole belongs to their stand. The pole creates a strange kind of cognition distortion and the not 100% symmetry is adding to the natural feeling.
One can doubt about the dof…but I like the woman at the back who is passing through the mirror of time…like bright colors fading away
I should have saturated the colors better….but in real life one cant …thats nature too:)

Another Guatemala blog.

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Originally uploaded by David Kelkoo NL.

The Mayan god Maximon is attended to by the faithful in Santiago Atitlan, on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

Another good Guatemala blog.

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chichicastenango
Originally uploaded by shapeshift.

The village of Chichicastenango comes alive as Maya merchants and shoppers gather from throughout the highlands for the Thursday market… around the church. While here, they worship at the Catholic church, performing rituals that are a mix of Maya and Christian. After mass, they all just stand there on the steps of the church… as if waiting to be photographed. Chichicastenango video.

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