During the years I have been going to Mexico to do research, I was taking photographs for personal pleasure and to use in classes. Unfortunately, most people in the United States have erroneous visual images of Mexico; that has certainly been true of my students. So, I began to take photos that would help them better understand the country and its people. Some of the photos are of traditional subjects, of course. The collection certainly does not represent the rich, fascinating variety of sights/images in the country. In fact, they tend to be photos taken in and around Mexico City, where, as a historian, I spent most of my time in archives and libraries. I own the copyright to all of these photos except the ones copied from books.
Christmas Lights, 1969 People Mexico City Monument to Independence Mexico City Buildings
Religious Sites Cuernavaca, Morelos Houses National Institute of Anthropology and History
MapsCHRISTMAS LIGHTS--1969, MEXICO CITY, PASEO DE LA REFORMA
For the Christmas and New Year's season of 1969-70, businesses and the Mexico City government decorated the Paseo de la Reforma with a wonderful display of lights. Below are some of those decorations. Click on the visible images (which are of low quality) to retrive the much larger images, which have higher resolution.
These are some of my favorite people photos, taken during various visits to Mexico. Linked to these small photos of low resolution are large versions of the originals.
Amiguitos .
Delivery man on bicycle,
Mexico City (1970)
Shoppers at a
tianguis, Cuernavaca, 1983
People in the Zona
Rosa, Mexico City, 1983
School
children in Cuernavaca, 1969
Man driving cart in northern Mexico
Boy and a burro near
railroad tracks, northern Mexico
The Moreno brothers in
Mexico City
Street band in Zona Rosa, Mexico City, 1983
Ice cream vendor, Mexico City, 1969
Girl
eating cotton candy, south Mexico City, 1969
Cotton candy vendor, south Mexico City, 1969
Waiting for the bus, Mexico City, 1974
Customers of a tortillería, Mexico City
Pilgrims to the shrine of
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City
Street
sweepers, Mexico City, 1970
Bullfighters, Mexico City, 1970
Apollo 11 astronauts at the Monument to Independence,
September, 1969
Friends in Cuernavaca, 1969
Man in San Luis Potosí street
Man
and burro, Taxco
Street photographer (1966)