The little Girl from San Cristóbal de las Casas

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Mexico from Slides prt15: People in San Cristóbal de las Casas

2015-06-17

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

Looking down on People

2015-02-06

Architecture, People

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Looking down on People prt1

As said yesterday, EYE is a wonderful building; here some interior shots with people.

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May White Flowers of Hope grow Upon You

2014-11-02

People

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May White Flowers of Hope grow Upon You

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Buying Booze

2013-11-15

People

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Buying Booze | Nikon D700 | Zeiss Makro-Planar 50mm. f/2 ZF.2 | 1/100 | F2 | ISO 640

This Wednesday I spent the afternoon/evening with a good friend of mine. We do a lot of photographing together. On our way from the Irish Pub to the railwaystation in The Hague, we both saw this shot more or less simultaneously as we were walking by outside a liqueur store. He pointed his 35mm Sonnar through the window, which produced quite a different effect than my 50mm Planar. Click here if you think it’s fun to see his version.