Today I'm back with a new set of street photographs taken in Venezuela. What all these photos have in common is that they feature people as the protagonists, which gives them greater power when it comes to telling the story of each photograph.
I'll start by showing you this photograph of two cyclists who had stopped to rest for a moment.
It's funny because my city is literally built on mountains and has a lot of slopes, so bicycles aren't a common form of "transportation." However, it is common to see many cyclists in the city, and that's because people do it as a method of exercise!
Hoy estoy de vuelta con un nuevo set de fotografias callejeras tomadas en Venezuela y lo que tienen en comun todas estas fotografias es que tienen personas como protagonistas de las fotos, lo que le da una mayor fuerza a la hora de contar las historias de cada foto.
Empezaré por mostrarles esta fotografia de dos ciclistas quienes se habian detenido a descansar un momento.
Es curioso porque mi ciudad está literalmente construida sobre montañas y hay muchas pendientes, asi que las bicicletas no son un medio de "transporte" normalmente, pero SI que es comun ver muchos ciclistas en la ciudad y eso es porque las personas lo hacen como metodo de ejercicio!
I really like the next photo because there are so many things happening at the same time, it's full of life:
La siguiente foto me gusta mucho porque hay muchas cosas pasando al mismo tiempo, está llena de vida:
The following photo is a bit sad...
La siguiente foto es un poco triste...
The man in the next photo is walking through the streets offering to sell his sweets/candys as a way to subsist. In Venezuela, informal commerce of all kinds is extremely common everywhere...
El señor de la siguiente foto va caminando por todas las calles ofreciendo vender sus dulces como metodo de subsistir, en Venezuela es demasiado comun el comercio informal de todo tipo en todos lados...
The woman in the following photo was dragging her cart, which she uses to sell coffee, chocolate, and tea, and in her hand, she was carrying a box full of cigarettes to sell as well:
La mujer de la siguiente foto arrastraba su carrito con el que vende café, chocolate y té, y en la mano llevaba una caja llena de cigarrillos tambien para vender:
I took the next photo because, even though it doesn't look like it, it was a family scene. The mechanic was repairing a car while his family accompanied him, having a soda, and the boy was trying to "help" his father:
La siguiente foto la tomé porque aunque no lo parezca era una escena familiar, el mecanico estaba reparando un carro mientras su familia lo acompañaba tomandose un refresco y el niño estaba intentando "ayudar" a su padre
Another very nice family photo:
Otra foto familiar muy bonita:
I took all the photos with my Canon R8 camera and a 24-105mm lens at f/8.
I hope this glimpse into daily life in a Venezuelan city was as interesting to you as it was to me, and thank you for everything!
Toda las fotos las tomé con mi camara Canon R8 y un lente 24-105mm a 8/f.
Espero que este vistazo a la vida cotidiana en una ciudad de Venezuela les haya parecido tan interesante como a mi y gracias por todo!