Where is Amir?
I saw this today while browsing others photoblogs from the City Daily Photo community that one talented blogger and photographer from Tehran went missing since June 17th. With all the uproar taking place in his country, the situation is critical and his missing worrisome. Hope he’s ok and that he’ll be back soon!
Vacation for a day
No picture today-BA daily is taking one day break. Stay tuned as tomorrow (4 hours left) is May theme day. And……a contest as well. See you tomorrow.
Above the canyon
I’d like so much to see that if I had a chance. My last time to the Grand Canyon was back in 2004, and I always bring back beautiful memories from this beauty of nature. I noticed today that they’re about to inaugurate soon this insane footbridge I first heard about months ago. An observation footbridge with glass floor that allows visitors to watch 1,200 meters down into the canyon. The walk will cost you US$25. The Hualapai Indians, who live near the canyon, allowed an contractor from Las Vegas to construct the Skywalk -a cost of 30 million dollars – hoping to create a unique attraction. If only Christy, Wendi and Dave from Las Vegas daily could go out there and take pictures, that’d be awesome to share with the rest of us. Hope they hear my wish ;–)
Los pintados – en Mexico
I found this picture while viewing the pictures of the day in a national edition. When I looked at it, I said I had to write something about it, since I’ve never seen something quite like that before. The picture is very striking. From the info. offered online, here’s what I found out: The ritual of “the painted ones” is made in the streets of the town of San Nicholas de los Ranchos, some 100kms east of Mexico. It is a very strange tradition celebrated in the colorful town located at the feet of Popocatépetl volcano (smoking hill, in Nahuatl language). With the faces covered with masks and the bodies painted black, the so-called “Jewish” go out celebrating carnival, before Easter. In this 60-year old tradition, a theater play imagines the painted ones rescuing the queen of the carnival from the hands of kidnappers. The ceremony sees young people running in the streets to drive away the bad spirits before Carnival. The tradition says that every person must give some change/coins to “the Painted ones” and if someone refuses, he/she will be embraced and stained with the painting from the Painted ones.
If a reader from Mexico knows more and like to add to the above description, please do so with a comment. Thanks!
Street art
Graffitis have always played a big role in Argentina. Started as political movements, they quickly expanded to become street art. The majority of graffitis seen in Buenos Aires are using the stencil technique (Stencil graffiti makes use of a paper or cardboard media to carve out an image or text, and later, paint is sprayed through the holes onto a surface below. Stencils can be quickly taped to a wall and sprayed so the artist can avoid prosecution.)
One day I was walking in a quiet st. near the Congress, and that wall caught my attention. So many graffitis that you can’t miss them.
Les graffitis ont de toujours joue un role important en Argentine. Cela a commence en tant que mouvement politique, par la suite, les graffitis se sont rapidement etendus a devenir un art de rue. La plupart des graffitis que l’on peut voir a Buenos Aires utilisent la technique “stencil” ou encore appele pochoir en Francais. Il s’agit d’utiliser un papier ou carton pour y decouper une image ou du texte. Plus tard, appose sur une surface, on y pulverise de la peinture, par les trous. La technique pochoir peut tres vite etre apposee sur un mur et y appliquer la peinture afin que l’artiste ne puisse pas etre poursuivit. Un jour, alors que je passais dans une rue plutot tranquille, pres du Congres, ce mur a attire mon attention. Il y avait tant de graffitis qu’il etait impossible de les eviter.
