Malnutrition Clinic for children

Yesterday I spent the day with a workshop student photographing a Malnutrition Clinic for children an hour outside of Antigua. It was an astonishing place to be and photograph. The clinic is made up of children from the surrounding area whose parents can't afford to feed. The children are sent to the clinic and cared for by the employees and the parents to come visit weekly. This Clinic has a strong story to share. On march 16th globalgiving.org will match 30% of any donation you make to the Casa Jackson Malnutrition Clinic. ( These images are from a different Malnutrition clinic that is also run by the Gods Child Project.) You can go to www.globalgiving.org/projects/support-malnourished-infants-in-guatemala to make a donation tomorrow or anytime. Thanks in advance!!

A trip to the Orphange

Yesterday we took a trip with the photo students to an Orphanage run by the God's Child Project. We shared great moments with the kids and employees.

Antigua, Guatemala

Our workshop has moved on here after some time in the big city. A beautiful ancient city, Antigua was the capital of Guatemala from the 1540's through the 1770's. My first impression photographing in this town was about how difficult it was to take an image that didn't look too touristy as we were maneuvering between the street vendors that hassle each gringo along the way. We split up into smaller groups of 2-4 each and explored the area hitting the local market where to can find nearly everything and anything for sale. After being out photographing from morning till dusk, with minor breaks throughout the day for some great coffee and Coca-Cola with real sugar of course, we gather in a local restaurant for dinner and cerveza to critique our days works. The critques so far have been lasting nealry 3 hours, well into the night. Then we wake up the next day and begin the cycle again. A photographers dream, here are my shots from today. Enjoy.