The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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For additional photography please visit my flickr page.
You can find my music on Jango (World & latin - Worldbeat) and at iTunes and most online stores.
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If you are coming to Oaxaca, please contact me for tours or advice.

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

My photo
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Monday, May 31, 2010

Faces of the Abastos

I continue to wander through the huge market. It is so teeming with life, so gritty and tough. I can only imagine the lives and stories these people must have.

2 comments:

Joan said...

Great blog and even better photos!!! I love Oaxaca so your blog gives me my "Oaxaca fix".

When I was last in Oaxaca November-December, I blogged and put up photos on daily life but had trouble getting the photos up. If I had 1 or 2 photos, there wasn't any problem. But if I had 3 or 4 it was such a slow process and at times it was impossible. Could you give me some advice? I was going to a good internet cafe and transferring from my camera to blogspot. Thanks!

Christopher Stowens said...

Gracias. Glad I can provide that fix. Viva Oaxaca!
I think the problem with your uploads might be doing it directly from the camera. A card reader would speed it up, but the photos probably needed to be resized. Mine are 28 meg each when I start with them and end up as 500k jpegs. (6x4 at 180dpi)