Urban Jungle

The unintentional poetry of ripped billboards.

Modena, 2025

 

Notturno

Giardini Ducali, Modena 2025

 

Winter waters

Laghetti di Campogalliano,  gennaio.

Campogalliano, 2025

 

Mercado de La Villa - Mexico City

Chicharrón is a popular ingredient in Mexican dishes and is made from pig skin and fat; you can see it boldly on display in big sheets in every food market in Mexico.

Gorditas de nata are traditional cookies sold in the market of La Villa. 

Chicharrones

Gorditas de nata

 

Mexican ex-voto

A selection of ex-voto from the museum of the Basílica de Santa Maria de Guadalupe, in Mexico City. A touching display of faith, folk art, and natural sense of color.

 

Ganas Tú, Ganamos Todos

A dilapidated gambling house in Mexico City, near the Tlatelolco area, with the motto "You win, we all win".

Mexico City, 2025

 

Tula, Hidalgo - Mexico

Tula is best known for the giant statues ("Atlantes de Tula") at the top of a pyramid pertaining to the Tolteca civilization (9th to 12th centuries AD).

 

Tula, 2025

Tula, 2025

Tula, 2025

Tula, 2025

 

Texcoco, 2025

A juggler just finishing his short act at a highway intersection in Texcoco, Estado de Mexico.

Texcoco, 2024

 

Puebla, 2024

A mixed selection of snapshots from Puebla: 

• the sight of the Popocatepetl from the car window
• a rainbow appearing on the wall of a restaurant under the sign "Evacuation Route"
• an array of baby Jesus statues in a religious article stores pleading to be brought home
• a house window with old paint on an very light blue wall and a sidewalk agave which feels somehow very serene.

Puebla, 2025

Puebla, 2025

Puebla, 2025

Puebla, 2025

 

Año Nuevo 2025

Thanks to the wonderful hospitality of Emilio, we spent New Year's Eve at his family's place in Ajalpan, in the Mexican state of Puebla, enjoying great company, delicious food, fireworks, torito, piñatas and music!

Ajalpan, 2025

Ajalpan, 2025

Ajalpan, 2025

Ajalpan, 2025

Iglesia del Cerrito

Iglesia del Cerrito is a church at the top of a hill in the municipality of Zinacatepec, Puebla, visited mostly by locals. Along the stairway up to the church, there are several Christmas-themed decorations, which create an intriguing juxtaposition with the background cactus vegetation.

New Year's Day parade at San Sebastián Zinacatepec

We came across this religious parade with beautiful traditional dresses while driving by the small village of San Sebastián Zinacatepec on New Year's Day.