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Historical Pictures
Looking at old pictures in the very small remains of 50 years of picture files lost in the move to MX. Scanners have gotten better so I miss all those pictures even more. This was a market vendor when we were living near Cd. Valles in San Luis Potosi back in 1997 or 8. He also had a fiddle (violin) made from scrap wood he would play for me & to keep himself company. (Some of the massive loss…
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A Confined Space
Scientific name: “The pretty red flowers my housekeeper planted for me”. This is not a façade (although there are similarities_the architecture of Fibonacci perfection) but I am relatively confined at home with limited forays out of my walled property. At least there is my garden. It was always tiny here in what has become the center of the non-historic part of the city. Now there are more…
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Façades Fachadas Merida Yucatan
I made a book. A book of photos of various façades in El Centro, Merida.
I set out to make a quick, simple, little book from some photos I had made these past 8 or 9 years in my adopted city of Merida. It would be fun. It would cross “book” off my bucket list before I kick it. It is now done & available on the Blurb store. For now I am avoiding Amazon. The Blurb site does show a clear Blurb preview. Blurb…
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A Bookish Restart
The mashup of styles, shapes, lights and darks & epochs intrigued me on my limited walks over the past years living in Merida. Most of the work includes color but this one begged to be in black & white with the sepia toning I would have used had it been an analog print long ago in my lost lab. I have been away from this blog, from shooting more than a little while at a time for at least a year.…
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Recent walk in late light in the historic district of Merida.
See also: 500px.com/hfdratch
The Industrial Look Cruising near the last inner circle of industrial activity before the pereferico (beltway); this design and textural play on vertical shapes caught my eye was interesting enough to get me out of my car on another of Merida's muggy 100F days to wander along the railroad tracks, climb down & up the ditch in the divided road and play in Lightroom.
Los sueños perdido de uno viejito.
The Day of the Dreamy Bike:
50 years ago I survived 2 years with my 250cc Ducati. A youth, I wanted more bike, more power, more macho image. I had my heart set on either a used Triumph (like this more modern version) or a big, black Norton Atlas. The family united to persuade me toward a nice, “safe” car to replace my wrecked MGA. I gave in & missed the chance to love a big bike between my legs (or to die as road kill).
Now, a cardiac cripple, there was a half-hour to photograph the memories at a Mexican “moto” dealer. Even then only a few shots due to the debilitating heat of Merida, my brittle inflexibility (notice not even hunkering down for the low shots nor sitting in the street for fear of needing help to get up) and the ever-present weakness of a severely damaged heart-muscle.
Even my vision is failing. But the dream-muscle still works.
Lost Dreams of an Old Man Los sueños perdido de uno viejito. The Day of the Dreamy Bike: 50 years ago I survived 2 years with my 250cc Ducati.
Celebrating in the Railroad Yard
Celebrating in the Railroad Yard
To celebrate lower temperatures (Wow! Not 40C/104F – 42C/108F) & perhaps some help from the higher pile of pills/spray/patches the cardiologist has added; I took my dated Nikon to the antiquated rail yards of Merida looking for abstracts of big machine transports. It is a long-standing pleasure. My wife called it my “little boy photos”…cars, planes, ships, trucks… As always in both countries…
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Series: Urban Trees/Arboles Urbano A new(ish) series to continue in my incredibly slow manner: Urban Trees. The lungs of a city they need to be protected, inserted, respected.
Derelict Hacienda Xcumpich
Last week I poked into the abandoned, gutted, derelict hacienda Xcumpich. Close to me it didn’t tax my extremely limited energy and surplus of pain from the botched surgery in November & a recent fall that damaged my back. I was looking for more in a series of “urban trees”. Spending sunset in the ghost of the hacienda’s main house was fun even though there is basically nothing left of…
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Sunday Promenade On The Paseo Another carriage shot. I love their colors & the feel of the 19th c. Their speed is hardly equal to the look from panning.
Double Doors 489 Another from my Sunday walk in El Centro & another for the series: Portals. Abandoned & as yet renovated houses in an area where wealthy expats are busily renovating & gentrifying.
Sunday Walk On The Pasejo For the series: Faces of Merida. A Sunday walk & shoot on the Paseo de Montejo; Merida's version of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Por la serie: Caras de Merida. Caminando y fotografando en la avenida central de Merida.
A Mexican Valentine
A Birthday Snapshot Birthday number 69. Teatro Peon Contreras for the Orquesta Sinfónica de Yucatán (OSY), a sweet Schumann and powerful Tchaikovsky crescendoes to remind me all concerts come to an end.
Greetings From Merida
The weekly theme at 52 Frames was meant to introduce oneself in a group from many countries & cultures. Here are my submission (the carriages of Merida’s El Centro – $300mxn for 4 persons), and my 2 alternates: the funky statue, “Maternidad” and the façade of the Montejo Mansion on the central square. The Montejo Conquistadores enslaved the Maya, destroyed their temples to build their mansion,…
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Huit Clos (Sartre); Entrée interdite (Howard) The existential threat to doors. Walking in the New Year in El Centro, Merida. A play in one scene about denial without warnings...