Photograph by James Rodriguez

Image Title: Parade of Angels

Dimensions: 16x20"

Medium: Digital Inkjet Print

Year Created: 2014

Image Description:

Guatemala: Daily Life in Black & White

A parade of Angels passes by the former convent of Concepción during the Procession of Holy Mary of the Solitude on Holy Saturday. Antigua, Sacatepequez, Guatemala. April 19, 2014.

Photographer's Bio:

James Rodríguez (1972, US-Mexico) is a Guatemala-based documentary photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker and drone pilot.

Raised in Mexico City, James moved to the Los Angeles area as a teenager. He graduated from UCLA in 1996 with a B.A. degree in Cultural Geography.

From 1999 to 2002, James lived in Kagoshima-shi, Japan, working with the JET program. Afterwards, he was a staff member for Peace Boat, a Japan-based human rights NGO, sailing three full global voyages. In 2004 James moved to Guatemala as a human rights observer with Peace Brigades International. In 2006 he developed MiMundo.org as a long-term online project focused on documenting post-war/transitional justice processes, human rights abuses, land tenure and social conflicts in Guatemala and the region.

James is currently on the final stages of his book "Land of Trees" that culminates a 12-year project on Land tenure conflicts in Guatemala due primarily to extractive industries operating during the context of the post-Genocide.

Fluent in Spanish & English, proficient in Portuguese & Japanese, James has worked and traveled to over 60 countries in all continents and lived in Japan, Kenya, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico and the United States.

James is represented by Panos Pictures. He can be hired for an assignment via Panos or images can be licensed from their archive here.

Permanent Member of @EverydayGuatemala & @EverydayLatinAmerica Instagram communities. Based in Guatemala, James is available for photo or video editorial assignments or NGO/NPO project documentation anywhere.

http://www.mimundo.org/