Monochrome street photography from San Pedro de la Laguna, Solola’, Guatemala.
Watching the rain from a cheap cantina.
Wide load.
Just takin’ my shadow for a walk…
Off-hours market.
Off-hours classroom.
Restaurants are already open…
…but churches are closed…
…so we’ll do our evening prayers in a restaurant!
All photos taken in 2013. Hope you enjoyed!
Views you get when looking out over Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
Canoes and vol… canoes. Santiago Atitlan.
She was cleaning fishes. “Are they from the lake?”, i asked. “No, from the market!”, she confessed.
All the water you can use right at your doorstep.
Much more water than there used to be. As the recently-flooded trees slowly die, they are chopped up for use as firewood. San Marcos.
Sittin’ on the dock on the lake.
Watching the sun go down.
You staying? I’m going. (I)
You staying? I’m going. (II)
The level of Lake Atitlan has risen over the past few years due to heavier-than-usual rainy seasons to levels unseen for generations. This has caused loss of agricultural land, homes and businesses. As well as sinking all the non-floating docks. But – thankfully – life seems to keep going on, more or less as usual.
Alessandro Ciapanna
Monochrome photo essay from the streets of Santiago Atitlan, Solola’, Guatemala.
Stonefighting kid.
Line fishing off the pier.
After the stonefight, fishing together.
Those are BOY things. We’re outta here!
Ok, we’ll have all the sinners in the front, and the saints in the back…
Who they really trust.
Have faith in me for this year. No? Well, how about for a few months…?
What? You hang a picture of Jesus over my face? That’s it: i quit as pope!
All pictures taken before the Pope quit, but only just.
Pope you all enjoyed. Er – hope.
Alessandro Ciapanna
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