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Dave plays in Broken Falls Community Hall Band, his band from Vancouver Canada. This photo was taken at the Antena Cafe in Guadalajara Mexico.

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Last November I had the chance to visit this amazing private beach in the coast of Nayarit Mexico called Punta Monterrey. Is amazing to think that this hidden gem is so close to a major tourism hot spot like Puerto Vallarta and yet not many people knows that even exist. This is an HDR of the northern part of the beach. I did an HDR tutorial before with a photo taken at that same place, check it here:
claudiouribe.com/2009/08/28/monterrey-beach-hdr-tutorial/

I’ve been thinking for a while now about making a short film all made out of still photographs, i did my first test there, check it out:

www.vimeo.com/7978047

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I was telling the truth when I said I find Orchids fascinating.
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My friend Ruth invited me to Melaque Jalisco to take some photographs for the NGO she works for, its called "Ayuda a los niños Costalegre A.C."; is a short 3 and a half hours drive from Guadalajara (where i live). She took me to this Mixtec community just outside Melaque where this NGO runs medical and educational projects, she was checking the school they are building there. It took me a little while to actually realize that there was something out of place, because Mixtecs come from the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca in the south of Mexico, very far away from Jalisco. They came here looking for jobs at the chile plantations, as a consequence, they live in very basic conditions there, big families in tiny houses and no running water. Even though that place resembles the meaning of poverty, the experience with "Ayuda a los niños" was very satisfying, as soon as you're there you feel like you are in a different country, they speak Mixtec language which is a branch of Nahuatl, the language the Aztecs spoke. Their culture is ancient and very rich, it really hurts to see how they're struggling to adapt to these "modern times". Just like any other place I've been, kids were fantastic, friendly and playful, specially with people carrying cameras like me. This girl followed us for the entire time we were there she was very funny and playful, but everytime I tried to take her photograph she would go shy, i love her silhouette in this shot.

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The Karen tribes widely known as “Long Necks” are originally from Burma. In the 80’s the Karens participated in demonstrations against the military dictatorship in Burma, becoming enemies of the state which led to persecution. Some have accused the military government of Burma of ethnic cleansing and suppression of religious freedom. The Thai government have created refugee camps for the Karens where they live in peace living by the land and creating beautiful handcrafts. This photograph was taken in the north of Thailand near Chiang Mai.

This photo was selected by Photoburst as the "photo of the day"
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