I’m back and I am here to stay! I just arrived in Calgary after 24 hours in transit so I will be getting back to any outstanding emails shortly and prepping some interesting blog posts and getting ready for a season of weddings and engagements. So, be sure to check back soon! Below is just...
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Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 7:58pm Posted in Myself
I have been keeping a marvelous part of Guatemala from all of you. Colours. Everywhere there are the most brilliant and shocking colours – whether it be in the women’s huipils, the cuisine, or the landscape. Although black and white is just so wonderful for displaying textures which are so common and intricate throughout Guatemala...
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 9:00pm Posted in Myself
As promised I have attached a self portrait. This is me, with a dent on my forehead. I attribute this dent to particularly low door frames, oddly stacked single beds, and my lack of depth perception (apparently). Being 5’8″ I am not particularly tall here in Canada. In Guatemala however, I noticed a distinct height...
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 3:05am Posted in Myself
Upon arriving in Guatemala I was greeted by the CAUSE Canada interns and representative at the airport and so began a seven hour cross-country adventure from Guatemala City to Huehuetenango (pronounced Way-way-ten-ango and more fondly referred to simply as Huehue). Being an enthusiastic road tripper the prospect of such a long car ride wasn’t too...
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Tags: Brittany Esther Photography, Brittany Staddon, BW, Calgary, CAUSE, CAUSE Canada, Chemal, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, indigenous, Mayan, photography, portrait, Portraiture, San Marcos, Women's empowerment, women's literacy