Santa Rosa
October 16, 2006
Well, the time is coming close. Almost time to go face my faith at the Juarez/El Paso border on November 3rd. I wanted to go on a photo shooting spree to try to take as many memories with me as possible. I wanted to go take pictures of people, the people that make Mexico what it is; people in their own surroundings, carrying out their festivities and culture.
Cejon, Pistachon (Hector), Bruno (cejon's little boy) took off on our photo-crusade; driving into the mountains near Leon. Not sure exactly were we were going to find our spot. We drove for around 2 hours until we finally decided to go to the Sierra de Santa Rosa just north of Guanajuato City. The day was cloudy and rainy. As we went up the mountains of the Sierra we literally were driving into and out of clouds. It was amazing scenery. As we got to the community of Santa Rosa, a small town located right in the heart of the Sierra, we were startled and shaken by explosive sounds, and finding hundreds of people walking up and down the main street of the "pueblo". As it turns out, the locals were celebrating one of the most famous battles in the Independence War with the Spanish back in the 1800's; the battle of the "Alhondiga de Granaditas". You can read more about this famous building's history at:
Alhondiga de Granaditas
The weather was humid and wet, the locals were all dressed up as Mexicans from the 1800's, soldiers; it was such a surreal experience. I don't think we could've found a better place to have this photo shoot crusade. We were all so happy of having had the luck to find this event going on in this beautiful place.
You can see all of the pictures at:
Photos
I really hope you all like them.
Cheers,
~ nico
Cejon, Pistachon (Hector), Bruno (cejon's little boy) took off on our photo-crusade; driving into the mountains near Leon. Not sure exactly were we were going to find our spot. We drove for around 2 hours until we finally decided to go to the Sierra de Santa Rosa just north of Guanajuato City. The day was cloudy and rainy. As we went up the mountains of the Sierra we literally were driving into and out of clouds. It was amazing scenery. As we got to the community of Santa Rosa, a small town located right in the heart of the Sierra, we were startled and shaken by explosive sounds, and finding hundreds of people walking up and down the main street of the "pueblo". As it turns out, the locals were celebrating one of the most famous battles in the Independence War with the Spanish back in the 1800's; the battle of the "Alhondiga de Granaditas". You can read more about this famous building's history at:
Alhondiga de Granaditas
The weather was humid and wet, the locals were all dressed up as Mexicans from the 1800's, soldiers; it was such a surreal experience. I don't think we could've found a better place to have this photo shoot crusade. We were all so happy of having had the luck to find this event going on in this beautiful place.
You can see all of the pictures at:
Photos
I really hope you all like them.
Cheers,
~ nico