Villa De Leyva/ Iguaque

The first set of images are from a beautiful Village in the  Colombian Andes of Boyaca. A very old place with lots of history and interesting locals in the mix of things. Secondly the edge of the Iguaque national park made up of mostly farm land.

As a continuation on from my strangers series. My way of understanding the places I visit by creating a visual dialog with my surroundings. Becoming more engaged with the people I see instead of just being a passer by.

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The lady bellow was originally hesitant about having a picture. Saying I could take it if i hurried up as she was late for church. I complimented her on her choice of purple.

 The following are now from Iguaque. Mostly made up of fields and farm land.

 It was a great experience meeting these three farmers bellow. In the tank you can see bellow is a very strong Alcoholic fermented drink called Guarapo. Made from a veg similar to potato called Tuberculo with the addition of honey and water. It was a pleasure in joining them for a drink then taking there portraits. They were hand picking potatoes.

Hope you enjoyed 🙂 Next to come is the City of Bogota

Colombia Strangers

I am enjoying Colombia so much! especially when the camera is in hand. A beautiful country of contrasts and contridictions delivering the unexpected at every turn.

The Images bellow start with a City called Cartagena then move on to a small Village called Manzanillo. As a continuation on from my strangers series. My way of understanding the places I visit by creating a visual dialog with my surroundings. Becoming more engaged with the people I see instead of just being a passer by.

Hope you enjoy. More portraits on there way! Editing at the moment.

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For some reason this is one of my favourite portraits. A mixture of her pose and the little details like her out of place bra strap and unfinished nails.

The portraits below are from a small village called  Manzanillo. A great experience seeing all walks of life on my trip.

The bike that turned out to be my mode of transport to the next place!

Very sweet lady! Was drawn to the colours

Small details again?

This guy started talking to me. We had a interesting conversation in half English and half Spanish, with a few hand gestures thrown in. He said he was like a Women as he needed to comb his hair before I took his portrait.

Many thanks 🙂 More to come in a few days!!

Manzanillo, Colombia

Some pictures from my current on going travels in Colombia, a 4 week trip in total. The first part of this blog was taken in a small Village called Manzanillo. A good experience escaping from the big citys gaining more of a real feel for the country. The images in this blog post are focused around a general candid feel. On this trip I wanted to concentrate much more on my ‘strangers project’ breaking away from the candid approach gaining permision to take a portrait of the subject. These images will be coming in the next few days!

Now a few pictures from the City Cartagena. Once again not many as I was concentrating on my portrait series.