Oaxacan people
Recently went on a photo tour/workshop to Oaxaca, Mexico led by Joseph Linaschke and Eric Mindling. We visited several small villages in addition to Oaxaca city and covered a range of photography styles including landscape, macro, architecture and street photography. Below are some of my people photographs. You can see the rest of my photos in my iStock portfolio.
Senior Zapotec woman with traditional braids in her hair selling dried seafood and peas at the Mercado Municipal in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Zapotec woman making champurrado (chocolate atole). She is using the traditional technique including making a frothy head with a molinillo. Santa Ana del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Macaria Ruiz Hernandez holding wool skeins naturally dyed with cochineal and indigo while sitting among her dye pots. Teotitlan de Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Senior Zapotec woman drawing water from an outdoor well. San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Bridesmaids peeking through opening in organ cactus wall. Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico.