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Vendors
A large part of the Mexican economy is off the books. Street vendors in virtually every city and village in Mexico ply their wares, handicrafts, produce, trinkets, icons, music and street performances to feed themselves and their families, often working 12-hour days, seven days a week and employing the entire family.
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Vendors
A large part of the Mexican economy is off the books. Street vendors in virtually every city and village in Mexico ply their wares, handicrafts, produce, trinkets, icons, music and street performances to feed themselves and their families, often working 12-hour days, seven days a week and employing the entire family.
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Feast Day, Virgin of Guadalupe
A vendor sells calendars on the steps of the Church of Guadalupe during the Feast Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mex. According to tradition, the Virgin Mary spoke to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin in his native Nahuatl tongue on the Hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City Dec. 9-12, 1531, with instructions that the bishop build a church at the site of her appearance. Millions of Indians converted to Catholicism as a result.
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Feast Day, Virgin of Guadalupe
Thousands of pilgrams walk in the Feast Day procession of the Virgin of Guadalupea to the Church of Guadalupe in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mex., Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. Processions filled the streets throughout the night Monday and all day Tuesday for the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. According to tradition, the Virgin Mary spoke to Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin in his native Nahuatl tongue on the Hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City Dec. 9-12, 1531, with instructions that the bishop build a church at the site of her appearance. Millions of Indians converted to Catholicism as a result.
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Vacation With a Mission
Subsistance farming is a way of life for many rural Hondurans. A small church in La Ceibita has cleared a little more than an acre of jungle, planted a community garden and provided garden tools for those who have no opprotunity or land to produce thier own food.
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Pentecostal Church, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
During a visit to Iglesia de los Brazos Abiertos (Church of the Open Arms), a pentecostal church in Tegucigalpa, I was allowed to join the mosh pit of worship with my Leica.
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Pentecostal Church, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Clutching an action figure with its own arms extended, a young boy is held aloft during a worship service in Iglesia de los Brazos Abiertos (Church of the Open Arms), a pentecostal church in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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Pentecostal Church, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Cheering and singing, worshipers enter Iglesia de los Brazos Abiertos (Church of the Open Arms), a pentecostal church in Tegucigalpa.
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Pentecostal Church, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
During a visit to Iglesia de los Brazos Abiertos (Church of the Open Arms), a pentecostal church in Tegucigalpa, I was allowed to join the mosh pit of worship with my Leica.
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Pentecostal Church, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
During a visit to Iglesia Brazos Abiertos, a pentecostal church in Tegucigalpa, I was allowed to join the mosh pit of worship with my Leica.
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Skippy Sanchez has been a member since 7 November 2007 and goes by SkippySanchez.
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I like to take pictures, and (to paraphrase Elliott Erwitt) I particularly like to take pictures I like.
Lately I've been taking the pictures I like in Mexico and Honduras, but plan to expand my horizons as finances and opprotunities allow.
I have been a photographer for the largest newspaper in the flattest state in North America - circulation 148 an falling -- for 26 years. Most days I can't believe they pay me to do this, some days they couldn't pay me enough.
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