Category Archives: black and white photography

Homage to black and white photography

Posted on 18 Feb ’13 by Salted Herring

‘Haiku #4′ is my homage to black and white pho­tog­ra­phy. Some­times I miss pulling  sil­ver gelatin prints out of the devel­oper at my base­ment dark­room. Times long gone, but  good mem­o­ries stay with me. Now I cher­ish the lat­est tech­nol­ogy, and work­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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101 pleats = one ‘toque blanche’

Posted on 3 Jul ’11 by Salted Herring

Yes­ter­day San Miguel res­i­dents and vis­i­tors were able to taste the most orig­i­nal rice recipes, pre­pared by the best chefs at the Fiesta Arroz, Pan y Vino. The scene was chef-hat galore, min­gling with enor­mous paella pans, and moun­tains of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Let it rain!

Posted on 28 Jun ’11 by Salted Herring

After the long hot, and dry period at high­lands of Mex­ico, we are cher­ish­ing the arrival of rainy sea­son. We are danc­ing around ‘hur­rah’, rain, glo­ri­ous rain! I have lived in cities like Helsinki, Chicago, and Seat­tle where the rain … Con­tinue read­ing →

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working hand

Posted on 18 Jun ’11 by Salted Herring

por­trait of a rest­ing work­ing hand… some­times just a thumb-print is enough to tell the story? Tweet

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behind the scenes

Posted on 13 Jun ’11 by Salted Herring

mak­ings Tweet

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tale of a little indian

Posted on 10 Jun ’11 by Salted Herring

I’m not sure how I’m going to tell the story in words, for sure I have plenty of pho­tographs to illus­trate a full book. Per­haps I make a pic­ture story, and you’ll fill the script?   Tweet

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solarization effect

Posted on 2 Jun ’11 by Salted Herring

Seems like the begin of June brings some relief to us ‘solar­ized’ peo­ple here in San Miguel. The sun has been hot-hot-hot from mid April. I wel­come the cool­ing wind today. Tweet

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low season

Posted on 31 May ’11 by Salted Herring

May is tra­di­tion­ally low sea­son in San Miguel. Streets are hot and quiet. Today is the last day of May… how soon will the life return to these streets? Tweet

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Mexican Rodeo ~ Charreria

Posted on 27 Mar ’11 by Salted Herring

For the past three week­ends the orig­i­nal rodeo alas  Char­reada events have attracted eques­trian vis­i­tors to San Miguel sports arena. I’m always a bit cau­tious of events where the ani­mals are involved, but finally yes­ter­day I made my way to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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wake-up sunshine

Posted on 13 Mar ’11 by Salted Herring

I’m not really a great morn­ing per­son, but when we are run­ning out of beau­ti­ful deep dark greens, col­or­ful beets or chard, or the fresh­est organic eggs one can imag­ine, I put spe­cial effort in wak­ing up before the sun. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Tequisquiapan

Posted on 3 Jan ’11 by Salted Herring

A few weeks ago friend took me along to run some errands in Teq­ui­squia­pan, town about two hour leisurely drive from San Miguel de Allende. Tequisquiapan is becom­ing a pop­u­lar tourist town, famous for its spas with ther­mal waters, and noted … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Aztecas II/ Fiesta San Miguel

Posted on 8 Oct ’10 by Salted Herring

Aztecas come  from dif­fer­ent parts of the coun­try. Their head­dresses vary from sim­ple feath­ers to elab­o­rate repli­cas of ancient Aztec war­riors. Some wear bell rat­tle leg­gins, cas­ca­beles or con­chas, on their leggs. Some play a small gui­tar like instru­ment , con­cha, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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