Mexican Photographs, Part I
Mexico Photo Page
During the years I went to Mexico to do research, I was taking photographs for personal
pleasure and to use in classes. Unfortunately, most people in the United States have
erroneous visual images of Mexico; that has certainly been true of my students. So, I
began to take photos that would help them better understand the country and its people.
Some of the photos are of traditional subjects, of course. The collection certainly does
not represent the rich, fascinating variety of sights/images in the country. In fact, they
tend to be photos taken in and around Mexico City, where, as a historian, I spent most of
my time in archives and libraries. I own the copyright to all of these photos except the
ones copied from books.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS--1969, MEXICO CITY, PASEO DE LA REFORMA
For the Christmas and New Year's season of 1969-70, businesses and the Mexico City
government decorated the Paseo de la Reforma with a wonderful display of lights. Below are
some of those decorations.
PEOPLE
These are some of my favorite people photos, taken during various visits to Mexico.
Amiguitos
Delivery
man on bicycle, Mexico City (1970)
Shoppers at a tianguis, Cuernavaca, 1983
People in the Zona Rosa, Mexico City, 1983
Friends in Cuernavaca, 1969
School children in Cuernavaca, 1969
Man driving cart in northern Mexico
Boy and a burro near railroad
tracks, northern Mexico
The Moreno brothers in Mexico City
Street
band in Zona Rosa, Mexico City, 1983
Ice
cream vendor, Mexico City, 1969
Girl eating cotton candy, south Mexico City, 1969
Cotton candy vendor, south Mexico City, 1969
Waiting for the bus, Mexico City, 1974
Man in San Luis Potosà street
Customers of a tortillerÃa, Mexico City
Man and burro, Taxco
Pilgrims to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City
Street sweepers, Mexico City, 1970
Street photographer (1966)
Bullfighters, Mexico City, 1970
Apollo 11 astronauts at the Monument to Independence, September, 1969
