endless seeds

Tzotzil Indians - San Miguel Mitontic, Chiapas
1981

Quisieron enterrarnos pero no sabían que éramos semilla.

They tried to bury us but they didn’t know we were seeds.

- Mexican proverb -

we are going home !!!!

we are going home !!!!, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

Cora Indians - Jesús María, Sierra del Nayar, Nayarit

evil masks from
"La Judea", the week-long Semana Santa (Holy Week),
the most important Cora ceremony.

1982 - this year it was not allowed to take photos,
only time for some masks before being destroyed in the river ....

Everything begins in water and returns to water.

calling thunders

calling thunders, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

Chichen Itza – Yucatan

hope is black

hope is black, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

Michoacán

Volador Águila

Volador Águila, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

dance of Eagle’s flyers
Nahua Indians - Puebla, Mexico

traditional clothing - drawing from my essay

Volador de Papantla

Volador de Papantla, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

dance of Papantla’s flyers
Totonaca Indians - Vera Cruz, Mexico

traditional clothing - drawing from my essay

resting time

resting time, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

Purepecha Indians, Michoacán
traditional fishing boat

painful promises

painful promises, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

dedicated to Jose Medellin, murdered yesterday night by US (defying the World Court & the international treaty of Vienna Convention on Consular Rights) and dedicated as well to All Central and South Americans in US and Worldwide death rows.

though i’m not a believer this is the most painful Christ i have ever seen ....
i took this photo somewhere in Mexico, when i was living there.

August 6, 2008

still on fire

still on fire, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

Sonora - Mexico
sunset by the ocean

the beginning

the beginning, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

Pátzcuaro, Michoacán
sunrise on the lake

fallen gods

fallen gods, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

Chichen Itza - Yucatan

on fire

on fire, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

Sonora - Mexico
sunset by the ocean

sunset of dead

sunset of dead, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

archaeological site of Mitla - Place of the Dead
Oaxaca

sunset of dead

sunset of dead - 2, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

archaeological site of Mitla - Place of the Dead
Oaxaca

the way to freedom

the way to freedom, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

San Miguel Mitontic, Chiapas - Tzotzil Indians

making dreams

making dreams, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

San Miguel Mitontic, Chiapas - Tzotzil Indians

walking to hope

walking to hope, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

San Miguel Mitontic, Chiapas - Tzotzil Indians

moon prayer

moon prayer, originally uploaded by luisa brehm.

santo domingo church, San Cristóbal de las Casas - Chiapas

i lived in Mexico 2 years, between 1980-82,
doing a research about Mexican Indians ....
the photos i will post here are from my travels around the country
and belong to my essay.