Dancer
Portrait of a young dancer of today’s Anata (native andean carnival) @mariadanielbalcazar posting for @burnmagazine
Month: February 2016
Liaryz
Ok I’ve got 12 hours to wait before I can publish a Brazil picture. As you can see from my feed I’m home and lazy. My friend Liaryz ,who I met on my Puerto Rico shoot, just assisted me @magnumphotos workshop in Tokyo. She will assist @michellemaddensmith and me next month in Puerto Rico for …
Felipe Jacome – Lord of the Mangrove
Felipe Jacome Lord of the Mangrove The northwestern corner of Ecuador is home to the tallest mangrove trees in the world. Amidst the trees´ towering, almost fantastical, roots, people of nearby Afro-Ecuadorian communities gather black shells as their form of livelihood. In local parlance shell pickers are known as concheros. Concheros start young. Children as young as …
Old mine entrance
A Pujllay dancer at the entrance of an old mine. Oruro is the hub of mining in the Andes since colonial times. @mariadanielbalcazar posting for @burndiary #bw #bn #documentaryphotography #bnw
Cats
My cats are waiting to get in the front door. They don’t really want to come inside. They prefer outside no matter the weather. They only want to come in now to lead me to the kitchen to prepare their next gourmet dish. I mean they get spoiled. These cats have been running around in …
Mariel and Alexander
Mariel and Alexander at the church of Virgen del Socavon. My journey in Oruro is beginning here where thousands of dancers will end theirs. UNESCO declared Oruro Carnival a “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”. @mariadanielbalcazar posting for @burndiary from Oruro, Bolivia #bnw #bw #bn #bnw_captures
Bryan’s bday
Sweet Lyla covers her face shy for an upcoming Instax photo. She was fascinated however by prints coming out of the camera. She’s used to the iPhone form of photography. For her instant prints were an advancement in technology rather than something retro. Actually pretend you’ve never seen instant prints and only knew iPhone or …
Tea
Tea for the ice cream man and for the shoeshine man… All barely subsisting but with such tenderness. @mariadanielbalcazar posting for @burndiary from La Paz, Bolivia
Andres
Andres Pari has worked as an mask artisan since he became an orphan at 12. This is his 2×3 square meter atelier where he works with his wife Basilia. It is always nice to chat with him. @mariadanielbalcazar posting for @burndiary from LaPaz
Whispering
These two elderly women whispering just touched my heart @mariadanielbalcazar posting for @burndiary from La Paz #bw #bn