Street Photography

	Dragons Date: 2001/01/23 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 200mm f/4 Film: Kodak Plus-X Pan 125 This picture is also in photo.net.
Gargoyles as lamp supports at the National Post Office building, my favorite building in Mexico City.

	Balance Date: 2001 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Children learn to balance in Coyoacán park.

	Manpower Date: 2001 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Children playing in one of the old streets in Coyoacán.

	Tiles Date: 2001 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Removing tiles to make a ditch.

	Sketching Date: 2001/07 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Ilford Delta 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
There are many buildings worth sketching in the historical center of Mexico City.

	Face in the Crowd - Mixquic Date: 2001/11/02 Location: San Andrés Mixquic, Mexico Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 f/4.4 1 sec. at ISO 400 sensitivity. This picture is also in photo.net.
Big crowds go to the small town of San Andrés Mixquic every November 2nd for the Day of the Dead celebrations.

	Saxophone Date: 2001 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Ilford Delta 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
A saxophone player in Coyoacán.

	Lovers in Coyoacán Park Date: 2001/12/03 Location: Parque Hidalgo (Coyoacán), Mexico City Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 f/7.0 1/30 sec. at ISO 400 sensitivity. This picture is also in photo.net.
My wife and myself were having some ice cream while seated on the bench across the one in the photo. That couple arrived and we decided to take a bunch of pictures. This is our favorite of the set.

	Bus Station Date: 2001/12/26 Location: Terminal de Autobuses Taxqueña, Mexico City Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 f/2.9 1/7 sec. at ISO 400 sensitivity. This picture is also in photo.net.
At the bus station, waiting for a long ride. People stare blankly into space, read magazines, talk to each other, or just doze off. I wanted to capture one of those anxious moments where people have nothing to do but wait.

	Sleeping Date: 2001/12/27 Location: Puerto Escondido, México Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Ilford XP2 This picture is also in photo.net.
In a beach-town on a really warm day, nothing is better than a comfortable sleep after a whole night's worth of drinking.

	Chalmita Date: 2002/02/02 Location: Chalmita, Mexico Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 28mm f/2 Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
A man sets up the final details of a huge fireworks castillo during Candlemass day in the town of Chalmita.

	Cleaning a pool Date: 2002/02/21 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 f/4.0 1/23 sec. at ISO 100 sensitivity.
A pool cleaner a few blocks away from our house. This is in the middle of a really huge apartment complex.

	Paper is heavy Date: 2002/02/28 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 f/7.0 1/250 sec. at ISO 400 sensitivity. This turned out quite thin, so I had to GIMP it a bit for tonal range and contrast. This picture is also in photo.net.
A man that buys waste paper like magazines and newspapers. He will later re-sell it for a small profit. Pushing around 100 Kg or so of paper is not an easy task.

	Homeless Woman Date: 2002/03/10 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 f/3.8 1/4 sec. at ISO 200 sensitivity. This picture is also in photo.net.
	Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 f/3.8 1/10 sec. at ISO 400 sensitivity. This picture is also in photo.net.
Homeless woman by the entrance of a convenience store, at around 9:30 PM. After finishing off her cigarette and the last of the cheap and bad cups of coffee, she fell asleep on her piece of cardboard, head on her bag.

	Walking between Cars Date: 2002/03/17 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 Film: Ilford XP2 This picture is also in photo.net.
You have to be careful when you walk among erratically-parked cars. You do not know which of them may pounce at you.

	Children Playing Date: 2002/03/17 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 Film: Ilford XP2 This picture is also in photo.net.
Children love it when you take their picture. They do not mind interrupting their play to smile at you.

	Bus singer Date: 2002/04 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 Film: Kodak Pro Image 100 This picture is also in photo.net.
He was actually not out of tune.

	Tláhuac ice cream fair Date: 2002/05/01 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 28mm f/2 Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Every year there is an ice cream fair in the Tláhuac public square. There are many ice cream flavors that you can choose.

	Car crash Date: 2002/05 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 28mm f/2 Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Two cars that collided in an intersection near our apartment.

	Decay Date: 2002/05/01 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 28mm f/2 Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Discarded shoes and a decayed lamp post.

	Reading Date: 2002/06 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 28mm f/2 Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Reading a comic book while customers show up.

	Building Date: 2002/06 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 28mm f/2 Film: Kodak Tri-X 400
One of the huge apartment buildings near our house.

	Homeless Man in the Park Date: 2002/06 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 28mm f/2 Film: Kodak Pro Image 100 This picture is also in photo.net.
A homeless man taking a moment of rest in the deserted park.

	People Looking at Naked People Date: 2002/06/09 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 Film: Kodak Pro Image 100 This picture is also in photo.net.
A small crowd looks at an aerial picture of nudists during the Yann Arthus-Bertrand exhibition last June.

	Sister and Brother Date: 2002/06/09 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 Film: Kodak Pro Image 100 This picture is also in photo.net.
A girl holds her brother during a peaceful afternoon in Chapultepec Park.

	Orange Juice Date: 2002/07 Location: Tepoztlán, Mexico Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 28mm f/2 Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Making orange juice in Tepoztlán.

	Sidewalk Date: 2002/07 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Sidewalk that got cracked by the roots of a tree.

	Ditch Date: 2002/07 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Digging a ditch in a busy avenue.


	Couples Date: 2002/07 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon F2 Lens: Nikkor 28mm f/2 Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Couples go to the park, including ourselves.

	666 Date: 2002/07/16 Location: Mexico City Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 f/7.0 1/106 sec. at ISO 400 sensitivity. This picture is also in photo.net.
A SUV crashed into this telephone post. Two days afterwards, the post fell down on a parked truck with license plates of 666.

	Public Esplanade Date: 2002/08 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400
People gather in the public esplanade of the basketball/handball/soccer courts of a huge apartment complex.

	Tree Date: 2002/08 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400
Tree with interesting bark.

	Doorbells Date: 2002/08 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400
Doorbell ringers nailed to a piece of wood.

	Balconies Date: 2002/08 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400
People looking over the street while they have a chat.

	My great aunt Tony Date: 2002/08/03 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
My great aunt Tony lives with her sisters in an old neighborhood near downtown Mexico City. The old ladies get tired from going up and down the stairs, so every time you visit them they will drop the door key to you so that you may go in yourself.

	Hats Date: 2002/08/31 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Shopping for hats in downtown Mexico City.

	Churros Date: 2002/08/31 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 This picture is also in photo.net.
Churros, or fried dough covered with sugar, are a popular snack in Mexico City.

	Fountain Date: 2003/02 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Fuji Superia 400 XTRA This picture is also in photo.net.
Girl playing around the fountain.

	Bicycles Date: 2003/07 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Fuji Superia 400 XTRA This picture is also in photo.net.
Bicycles parked in the marketplace.

	Wall of signs Date: 2003/07 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Fuji Superia 400 XTRA This picture is also in photo.net.

	No parking Date: 2003/07 Location: Mexico City Camera: Rollei 35SE Film: Fuji Superia 400 XTRA This picture is also in photo.net.