Category Archives: Mexico

Loreto Customs

May 8, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: April 11, 2013 I had nothing better to do than to wait. So I sat and watches the informal customs office deal with the passengers who came off the cruise ship. My nerves told me not to take the shot, but I did it anyway and suffered no consequences for it. This was taken […]

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Sad Zocalo

May 7, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: January 2015 We were running to get out of a storm when I stopped to take a photo of the flag. This man with a dirty, sweaty shirt passed by. I took the shot. It was not meant as a social comment.

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Zocalo, Mexico City

May 6, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: January, 2011 I have mixed feelings about having taken this shot. On one hand, I think it is a fine composition. The unconsciousness of the man is contrasted by the indifference of those passing by. On the other, I can’t help but feel that I turned a living person into an object. Does this […]

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Mexican Flag

May 5, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: January 2001 Happy Cinco de Mayo! Ah, the old digitals loved to leave artifacts.

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National Palace, Mexico City

May 4, 2015 By JoelSax

Date: January 2001 I was a little scared photographing these two guards at the National Palace in Mexico City, so I sneaked up very quietly and took the shot. The National Palace is not only the capitol of Mexico, but also the location of a broad expanse of murals by Diego Rivera, husband of Frida […]

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