PLAYA! - life on Mexico's coastline

two oceans, a great huge gulf and the prettiest of seas; the caribbean. with over 9000 kilometers of coastline, mexico has plenty of beaches to offer. and there always seems to be a lot of activity going on. while the few sunbathers are content with just sunbathing lazily, fishermen fill bucket after bucket of gleistening gleaming fish in all shapes and sizes, from tiny sardines to sharks to rather large manta rays. and there always seems to be plenty of fish leftovers for the many, large birds. in fact, it’s generally the birds converging in any one area, that give away where the fishermen are doing their thing

on top of all this there are kids being kids, frisbees flying, balls bouncing, turtles turtling in the clear water, and seashells, fishbones, flotsam, jetsam. just off the coast dolphins and whales spray and wallow about, often surprisingly close to the beach. beyond that, an incredible expanse of wide open blue water. above and beyond that, one of the biggest skies this lovely world has to offer.

these pictures were taken in mexico, where the land meets the water, where the sky meets the world, where the fishermen meet their catch and the birds their lunch. the kind of place that makes a photographer’s life easy.

and extremely rewarding, too.

please enjoy

alessandro ciapanna

cleaning a manta ray, holbox island, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

shooting seagulls, playa del carmen, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

frigate birds, zipolite, oaxaca, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

kitesurf school, holbox island, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

pura vida! holbox island, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

skim board, zipolite, oaxaca, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

not-too-tight tightrope, isla holbox, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

photo op, playa del carmen, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

shooting turtle, akumal, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

view from the blocks, cancun, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

piled up by the sea, holbox island, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

private dock, playa del carmen, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

wooden dock, holbox island, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

message in the sand, progreso, yucatàn, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

give me five minutes, puerto escondido, oaxaca, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

dolphin skull, zipolite, oaxaca, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

new goalpost, zipolite, oaxaca, mexico

 

 

 

 

 

relaxing, isla holbox, quintana roo, mexico

 

 

 

 

chill, isla holbox, quintana roo, mexico

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