Mexico: Simplicity

The first thing I saw when I woke up in the luxury hotel was the fire alarm on the ceiling. My first, sleepy, thought was "What a shame they don't have these in the villages of stick and mud houses we had just been in." We are so wired to think we "need" so much.

What could be more simple than these utensils hanging against the mud wall of a kitchen.

©Copyright Gary S. Chapman
(Spoons 24-105mm lens @58mm, 1/25 sec., f5.6, ISO500)
(Alarm 24-105mm lens @105mm, 1/160 sec., f4, ISO640}

Mexico: Not So Different

She has raised 14 children in a one-room home made of sticks and mud, without water or electricity, during her 85 years of life. To see more of her village and people go to www.garyschapman.com/mexico.mov Or, if you have a slow internet connection, try this lower resolution version at www.garyschapman.com/mexico_low.mov

©Copyright Gary S. Chapman
(45mm Tilt-shift lens,1/640 sec.,f4, ISO200)