Showing posts with label México. Show all posts
Showing posts with label México. Show all posts
November.19.2008 México vs. Honduras
Let's hope Mexico can 'inflate' themselves enough to beat the Hondurans and go on to World Cup Glory.
October.13.2008 A Weekend in Oaxaca
I just spent a weekend in Oaxaca attending the wedding of some friends. Here are some photographs of some things I saw. More to come as the editing process proceeds. Maybe a zine will be produced!
April.16.2008
With the Beijing Olympics approaching sport is on my mind. This image is from the 1960s Mexico, when Mexico City was preparing for their Olympic Games. Modernism was the spirit of the architecture of those times and many examples can still be seen today.
Visit to an ancient ruin...
I'm finally getting around to scanning some images (I want to get a digital SLR in a couple of months to more or less avoid this chore - and expense of buying and developing film. Is there any difference?) and here are a couple from Teotihaucan taken a couple of months ago.
Maratón
The Mexico City Marathon is this Sunday, August 26th. Todo los corredores necesitan nuestra apoyo, entonces espero que hay mucho gente que van a ver la carrera este fin!
The Month of August
The Maya had (have) their own calendar and religous practice. This is their symbol for the month of August, which just happens to contain my birthday.
MACO
Mexico City recently held its art fair in the building site of a luxury apartment complex. Apparently, millions of dollars of art was bought. Galleries from Europe and the U.S. were well represented and seemed to be enjoying Mexico. Here is a montage of some of sights.
Gabriel Orozco
Gabriel Orozco is fascinating Mexican Artist whose retrospective at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City just closed. The photos shown here are taken from that exhibition (without flash). As Orozco's star shines ever brighter on the international art scene, he will probably be in a city near you in the not too distant future.
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The Gut-Wrenching of México
The discrepancies between rich and poor are always present in the daily life of México. As a foreigner from the United States this daily interaction with the poor is the biggest element of my 'culture shock'
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