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James M. Sims
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Color photography from a black and white photographic artist. (includes translation for 40 languages)
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Portal No. 41
Clearly, if your are into colorful and rustic architecture, San Miguel is the place to go. I never tire of the colors, tectures and shapes here....
Globos Pequeño
Any time there is something going on in the San Miguel jardin, street vendors will be there to sell balloons (globos), ice cream and other things such as jewelry....
Guitara
All of the Santa Semana processions in San Miguel had one or more musical elements. This procession had fireworks, a brass band, a drumming team accompanied by sword dancers, a choir and this troop of guitarists....
San Miguel Citizen No. 8
This was a wonderfully docile donkey, whom I found tied up outside a church during services leading up to Easter here in San Miguel....
Jardin de San Miguel
The central park and garden in San Miguel is raised above the street level with lovely tree and a pergola. Everyone comes to, spends some time in , and meets people at the Jardin. These steps lead up to the Jardin....
La Herradura
If it is not obvious, herradura means horseshoe. I am totally enamored with the mustard yellow of the San Miguel buildings juxtaposed against the high altitude sky. And look and the stains and textures of this wall....
San Miguel Niños No. 6
The children of San Miguel played a very significant role in the processions for Santa Semana....
San Miguel Niños No. 5
Although the heat made it rather exhausting....
San Miguel Niños No. 4
Some of the children had such poise, character and inner strength....
San Miguel Niños No. 3
And some were so young they seemed a little bewildered and unsure of what they were even participating in....
San Miguel Niños No. 2
Some seemed very serious with their role....
San Miguel Niños No. 1
Other childern seemed quite at ease and almost as though they were young and minature personifications of the adults that they will soon become....
Iglesia No. 4
Most of the 300 or so churches in San Miguel are hundreds of years old. This is just gorgeous and the sort of architecture that will never be reproduced again as it is just to labor intensive and the material costs are astronomical....
Christo No. 2
The figures of Holy personages such as this one of Christ were so beautiful and lush, draped in lush colors of velvet, gilded with gold, and laid in bed of flowers....
San Miguel Citizen No. 7
Towards the end of Santa Semana, the San Miguel sun was searing. Here you see San Miguel citizens using umbrellas to get a respite from the sun. The streets were lined with people just like these folks, earnestly, sincerely, connecting with the ri...
