Class...

Shot this during our second class on Friday. Claudia in the background is one of the program coordinator. and That is Nico one of out students.

A Still Life...

Needing a break from class planning and thinking photography. I downloaded the Hipstamatic app on my phone. Just like shooting with a holga or other lomo camera, it's giving me some downtime to just look around a snap stuff. So enjoy the Stuff!

La Dia De No Violencia Contra La Mujer...

Music in the Streets

Caught a Wedding in ChiChi...

A Quiet Morning...

Street shooting, nice break from class planning...

Bike Ect...

Maya Pedal Chimaltenango

A Tap on the Shoulder...

As I was kneeling down shooting photos in the flower market that sets up shop near the cemetery here in Xela. I was tapped on the shoulder by this man who wanted me to snap a frame of him. Who am I to back away from an impromptu street portrait. Right after I put my camera down he darted off with out a word.

La Virgen de la Rosario & DIa De Los Muertos...

Yesterday was the Fiesta de La Virgen De La Rosario. People crowded the Parque Central all day. With traffic being diverted around the Parque devotees of La Virgen created massive murals out of colored saw dust around the parque. Later in the day a procession was made to the church in the square lead by priests and men carrying the Virgen to the front of the church.

Along with that celebration may families visited the cemetery to start celebrating Dia De Los Muertos (which is today). The main walk way was flooded with the families of the departed. I spent some time talking to a few of the families that where hard at work cleaning and re-painting tombs and grave markers. I'm going to head back out that way today. I'm hoping to catch a glimpse of the kites used to show the dead where to return.

a "Revolutionary" Idea...

Yesterday I went with my roommate Omar and some of his friends to a Village in the mountains called Santa Anita La Union. The Village was formed by a group of ex-guerillas after the peace accords were signed back in 96'. After the formation of the Village they decided to become a Coffee and Banana growing community. About 32 families live in the community working the fields.

I'm going to be heading back to Santa Anita later in November.

As we drove back to Xela we trailed behind a group of workers heading up the mountain roads.

Home for a While...

Xela, my new home for a while. Got to town in the afternoon had a chance to eat a little something and walk around the Parque Central.