In Guatemala in 2001, a photo from Solola, Sud

Photographer's Note

This picture is also from my archive but not so old.
In September 1999 I went for the first time to South America, to Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador and it was the first journey that I organized by myself. In 2001 in February I organized the next trip, to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
Here the people from the small village San Pedro La Laguna. We went there by boat from Panajachel on the Lake Atitlan. The village lies under the volcano San Pedro.

The specialty of the natives of Guatemala are wonderful hand made embroideries. You can see them here on the shirts. I have the impression that there are some similarities between native Americans and Tibetans. Don't you think so?
The cute girl holds the embroidery. The two birds shown there are quetzal and tucan. Quetzal is a national bird of Guatemala and it is depicted on everything, also the money is called Guatemalan quetzals.
This time I didn't use my old Smiena and ORWO Chrom any more. I had Minolta and used probably Kodachrome.

papagolf21, holmertz, ChrisJ, pierrefonds, worldcitizen, macjake, ricardomattos trouve(nt) cette note utile

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lousat (133149) 2019-03-26 15:35

Ciao Malgo,in effect there is something of similar between this people and the tibetans,i never thougt that but i admit that you have raison.Very nice memory and a good quality too,a trip that is a dream,but for now i can't do it,9 days maximun far by work...ehehe...have a good night and thanks,Luciano

ifege (38131) 2019-03-26 20:23

Hi Malgo
Much better scan this time so blame it again on the camera - Minolta, now Sony. A good street photo of happy people.
cheers
Ian

Tue (85836) 2019-03-26 23:29

Hello Malgo,
A very good impression of this town in Guatemala and its inhabitants. The four people are very well captured together, but the little girl steals the show of course. Their clothing looks great, too, with fine colours, which stand out well from the background.
Lars

papagolf21 (152605) 2019-03-27 0:19

Bonjour, chère Malgo,
J'aime ce genre de prise de vue qui respire le naturel, le vrai, le réalisme.
Ces personnages gardent le sourire malgré une vie sûrement très difficile.
Très bonne journée.
Amitiés.
Philippe

pajaran (107337) 2019-03-27 0:26

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled i trenutak, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepo pokazano, dobar kontrast, lepe boje, lepo uhvacen trenutak.
Lepa fotografija i secanje.
Zelim vam lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Good day.
A nice view and a moment, interesting and good text ...
Beautifully shown, good contrast, beautiful colors, beautifully captured moment.
Nice photo and memory.
I wish you a beautiful and successful day, all the best.

jemaflor (139685) 2019-03-27 0:36

Hi Malgo,
interesting photo about these smiling local people, perfect sharpness, nice colors, tfs.

holmertz (96638) 2019-03-27 1:45

Hello Malgo,
What a charming photo, and the "Western" film really had better colours than the Orwo. They seem to have lasted longer as well. My Kodachromes have hardly faded at all, and this also looks well preserved. I have always seen similarities between Tibet and countries like Bolivia and Peru, but not so much here.
Kind regards,
Gert
PS Now I have added another country... ;-)

ChrisJ (165882) 2019-03-27 2:20

Ciao Malgo

I love the small girl with the toucan embroidery. The quetzal was much less familiar to me but resembles a bird of Paradise from New Guinea. A superb oldie from your central American trip. Tfs!

pierrefonds (107590) 2019-03-27 4:49

Hi Malgo,

You have captured well the smiling expression of the child and of the women. The point of view is showing the details of the child clothings. It is clear and precise. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Miguel82 (47110) 2019-03-27 7:38

Malgorzata, that photo presents a native Guatemalan family. The little girl is holding indeed a hand made embroidery displaying two local birds, the quetzal and the toucan. Other handicraft pieces appears behind the two ladies. Rewarding document

BennyV (32926) 2019-03-27 9:13

That cute little girl is the winner here! Great picture, Malgo. Thanks for giving it a second life here. The shot deserves it.

Cheers

Benny

mesutilgim (0) 2019-03-27 23:48

Hello dear Malgo,
Very nice "oldie" in your gallery. Taken with very good timing and ligth management.
Very nice warm colors. The face of the little girl focused to the photographer is amazing :-)
Many interesting and usefull notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

carlo62 (81265) 2019-03-28 0:01

Ciao Malgo
pur non essendo vecchia come le altre, questa foto ha quasi venti anni...
Bellissima la posa della bambina, una piccola star, ma altrettanto belli sono gli sguardi dei parenti.
Bel colpo, molto simpatico.
Saluti Carlo

mauro61 (53411) 2019-03-28 1:48

Ciao Malgo,
hai colto perfettamente l'attimo realizzando una bella immagine familiare con la bambina sorridente come protagonista.
Luoghi affascinanti da cui porti sempre uno splendido reportage.
Buona giornata
Maurizio

worldcitizen (14992) 2019-03-28 11:57

Hello Malgo,
This is a charming image from the recent past. The little girl is adorable, and I like all of the warm smiles. I like that the girl is standing apart from the others, and she is showing some local textiles. Very nice. :-)

macjake (97448) 2019-03-28 14:46

Hi Malgo
the photo looks much older than 2001, I like it. I guess there are no modern buildings here to photograph hahaha. is this a popular tourist location, or is it more real, I guess what i'm asking is are they expecting money or anything like that? Hope to see more shots like this if you have them, they're very interesting to view. cheers
Craig

ricardomattos (16354) 2019-03-28 18:26

Hi Malgo,

A very nice scene. Especially see this smile on the face of the child and also the joy of women. Nice embroidery, too, I can see in the girl's hands. Very nice moment.

Hugs and best regards

Ricardo

Silvio1953 (211455) 2019-03-29 5:11

Ciao cara Malgo, lovely composition with nice Young girl, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

GyurMaster (22796) 2019-04-01 6:24

Dear Malgo,

The difference in the quality compared to the smena and ORWO is really spectacular. Its a really sharp picture and the colours are also good: the people stand out from the grayish background very well.

Best Wishes,
Gy.

jmdias (107339) 2019-04-13 10:40

malgo

what impressed me more in bolivia was the people,for some reason, remind me my grand parents in portugal, not only because the clothes. anyway if you think people from central asia is the same that came to portugal and bolivia..
beautiful flagrant of everybody enchanted with the beauty of the girl. nice view.
I presume when you visited guatemala it wasn't so dangerous as it is nowadays.

take care

jorge