Mi CDMX: unos momentos en las calles
Mexico City: people and streets of interest
The following is a cross-section through the massive metropolis that is Mexico City. The city proper has population around 9 million, but the greater urban area has in excess of 20 million. An afternoon walk provides a tiny visual slice of all that makes up the city in her streets: her people and where they live, work, eat, play/pray, and love.
“Torre Latino.”
“Lineas.”
“Aburrida” (bored).
“Ojos” (eyes).
Blind band (near Metro ALLENDE).
Watching the blind.
“No ver, pero O-y-R.”
Templo Mayor (Great Temple) dedicated to Aztec gods at Mexica capital city of Tenochtitlan, both temple and city c. 14th-century; temple destroyed by Spanish conquistadors in 16th-century. Rediscovered in 1978 underneath built-up modern Mexico City.
“Orando” (praying): inside Catedral Metropolitana, located next to Templo Mayor.
“La religión moderna” (modern religion).
“Centro joyero” (jewelry centre).
“Capital en movimiento” (capital in motion).
“Tacos de guisado” (tacos with stew).
“Tacos a la orden” (tacos to order).
“Tacos en la calle” (tacos in the street).
“Eje, siempre” (primary road, always).
“50 Friends”, in La Condesa.
Over the course of my year-long RTW, I made the photos above on 9 March 2012. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotopress at fotoeins.com as http://wp.me/p1BIdT-1wO.
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15 Responses to “Mi CDMX: unos momentos en las calles”
Hi Henry. Great introduction to Mexico City. Love the shot of the ladies praying. The taco stands make me hungry for Mexican food!
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Hi, Nancie; thanks for stopping by and for your comment! (And yes, I need me some tacos, too …)
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Hi Henry – Your photos are worth thousands of words. This is a wonderful compendium which brings forth the flavor and atmosphere of Mexico City just beautifully.
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Hi, Betsy. It is impossible to encapsulate a large metropolitan area in a dozen or so photographs, but I still thought it was a worthy challenge. Your kind comments are a thoughtful testament to this short attempt; thank you!
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I love Mexico City and have visited several times. Thank you though for turning the camera on the people instead of only the albeit gorgeous sights and buildings. I look forward to returning one day.
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Hi, Elaine. I’ve only set foot in Mexico City a couple of times, and we agree the city’s atmosphere is intoxicating, especially when the air quality is ‘breathable’ and ‘transparent’. 😉 Thanks to the urging of my friends whom I visited in the city, I set my camera ‘down’ to street-level, and I’m glad some of the shots worked out well. Thanks for your comments!
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Great photos. I can really feel the life in Mexico City streets via these shots.
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Thanks, Donna!
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One look through these pics is not enough. I want to study each and every place and face. Thanks for this awesome look at Mexico City.
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Hi and thanks, Cathy. I have to get better at photographing people in the streets, although I know one has to take care of local customs and/or laws regarding taking pictures of people, even if it is out in public. Thanks again for your kind compliment!
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I finally got to see this with time. I am going on 10 months without setting foot there and it will get to be a year, which might be the longest ever. You made me so nostalgic with this post. I agree that it captures the atmosphere of the city very well, particularly the food stands.
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Hola, Eva. Wow, it’ll be a year since you’ve stepped home, though to be fair, you have more on your plate; your family will come to you! But I knew when I was looking at these pictures, I was back in the City to our long afternoon-walk through the centre: me shooting as much as my eyes could grab, and sometimes from the hip; and Niv carefully selecting shots here and there. It is a tremendous compliment from you that I was able to absorb some of that atmosphere from your home city and I managed to relay that in a few pictures – thank you. 🙂
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