Chiapas, the southernmost state in Mexico and home to the zapatista revolution, is an amazing place, rich in natural beauty and indigenous cultures. I recently traveled there with my father and was awed by the friendly people, breathtaking views, and political graffiti. San Cristobal de la Casas, a town where we spent several nights and [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Street Art’
June 8, 2009
Daily Dose of Street Art
This old house, on the corner of Alvaro Obregon and Insurgentes, is one of my all time favorites in the DF. It’s constantly being covered by a plethora of crazy posters and graffiti which creates the effect of a continuously morphing collage. Plus, it looks haunted. And of course, it’s in Roma, the hippest neighborhood [...]
April 4, 2009
Open Air Museum
Another reason why I love my hood. Crumbling colonial mansions and gorgeous, edgy street art like I’ve never seen before. Who needs NYC? And did I mention the blue corn quesadillas with pumpkin flowers or papas con chorizo for only 10 pesos (about .70 cents)? Mexico, you rock my world.
March 31, 2009
Wish I were Clio…
So I shot this picture a week or so ago in Coyoacan, a funky little colonial neighborhood where Frida Khalo, Trotsky, and Diego Rivero hung out back in the day. I didn’t notice until close inspection, but the “Te amo Clio” (I love you Clio) graffiti is actually a stencil. An incredibly well-done stencil, I [...]
March 28, 2009
Spotted on my block
I have a new camera, so I can finally document all of the fabulous things that keep popping up in La Roma. This crazy combination of stickers/posters/stencils/graffiti is on the corner of Cordoba and Colima, if you’re interested in checking it out yourself.
March 3, 2009
I heart la Roma
I live in the coolest neighborhood ever. La colonia Roma, located in the center of the city just south of the zocalo, is full of crumbling colonial mansions, funky cafes, dive bars, and art galleries. To me, it’s the lower east side (my favorite part of New York), but the gritty, dirty, lower east side [...]
