Mexico from Slides prt15: People in San Cristóbal de las Casas
Colourful Crawling
(11 Shots) | I’m not a people-shooter; certainly not in those days. Just too shy; but being respectful sounds a lot better. It were the beautiful colours of the clothes that made me step out of my comfort-zone.
In Harmony with the Job
The Guys with the Balloons
We stayed a couple of days in San Cristóbal de las Casas; the Capital of the state of Chiapas. Our travel-guide had a little friend in town; whose name I have forgotten. We had the opportunity to visit her home and her family. Then we saw a little more than the colourful clothes everyone was wearing.
The Girlfriend of our Travel-guide
The Garden
Actually it reminded me of the chicken coop at the farm of my grandparents; including the henhouse, which in this case was the shed they lived in. Inside was a small fire burning; no chimney to let the blue smoke out. Then I understood why the kids in the streets, who were begging for a peso, often had red eyes. While we felt uncomfortable looking around at the poverty of these people, they were friendly offering us some of their handmade stuff to buy. Which we did of course.
Mother and little Sister
Mother and Child
Son and his Friend
Mom sharp
Cracking Walls
To Show everything you’ve got.
When we left I took a shot of the sheds I had seen on our way there; they had turned into a row of ‘residences’.
Residential Area
harrie nijland 
Thank you Harrie. For all those beautiful pictures.
My pleasure as well; thank you, Caroline.
A superb set of street portraits, my friend. I think you’re going to like Malaysia as many locals are more than happy to cooperate for shots like these.
Thanks, Amigo!
Really fine pictures! Respectful and close.
🙂 Thanks, Mathias.
Fantastic work, Harrie. Thanks for sharing these wonderful images. X
Much appreciated, Malin. These old slides ‘have something’. Like old, dark blues sometimes sounds better from a cassette-tape in an old, mono cassette-player; than from a polished CD-production.
My pleasure, Harrie. And I agree with you.
🙂 X
Chiapas is a wonderful place, and this captures the people well.
I liked it a lot; especially San Cristóbal de las Casas; colourful; and friendly. Thanks for your comment.