“We’re not just pretty things anymore”. Charreria is Mexico’s most traditional equestrian sport, and was dominated by males for many years. However, the presence of skilled female equestrians performing dangerous and synchronized exercises while riding sidesaddle led to the creation of escaramuzas (the Spanish word for scuffle) charras. These women train tirelessly for the chance to [...]
On this Black Friday, my new photo book Bali: Island of Gods is still available from Blurb. You can choose between two main versions of the book (82 pages of black & white photographs): one is a large (13×11 inches) landscape hardcover version and the other is a standard (10×8 inches) landscape version. More details [...]
This is a delightful short documentary featuring Mariachis musicians in East Los Angeles produced by Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari. The piece features Mariachi musicians who gather on corners of the streets of East Los Angeles looking for work, whether in birthday parties, in cafes, restaurants, quinceañeras, weddings and the like. To my delight, the [...]
I’m chuffed (as the Brits say) that SoundSlides is now available in Beta with the option to produce the audio slideshow so that it’s iPad compatible. In fact, version 1.9.4 has a couple of options related to the iPad. The first option is to have the slideshow only readable on iPads, whilst another is an [...]
