Oaxaca, MexicoFIELD NOTE / 087

Some places refuse to sit still.

Oaxaca, collected in four photographs and three prints. A little movement left in the frame.

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People celebrating in a crowded street, with outstretched arms, straw hats and colorful clothing.
OAXACA / PHOTOGRAPH

From the contact sheet

A drum moving through the foreground. Sandals and ribbons above the cobblestones. Faces in a crowded street. Then a quieter frame against a red wall.

Four ways of looking

The photographs move between blur and stillness, a close detail and the whole scene. Together, they hold more of the street than any single frame.

FROM THE SAME CONTACT SHEET
A low-angle view of sandals, white trousers and colorful ribbons moving over a cobblestone street.
OAXACA / PHOTOGRAPH
Follow the feet. ↗
People celebrating in a crowded street, with outstretched arms, straw hats and colorful clothing.
OAXACA / PHOTOGRAPH
The street becomes the gathering. ↗
Three people in white and dark clothing walk beside a red wall and a green barred doorway.
OAXACA / PHOTOGRAPH
A quieter kind of procession. ↗
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