Oaxaca is a great place to experience fantastic food. One staple of Oaxaca is the Tlayuda, which consists of a large fried tortilla, bean paste, Oaxacan cheese, tomato, avocado, and a choice of meats, often tasado, seen here, which is a type of flank steak. I ate this one at one of many food stalls at the central market of Oaxaca City. Delicious!
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February 2015
February 27, 2015
February 26, 2015
Meat Market
Colorful paintings advertise a small meat market in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca.
February 25, 2015
Garlic Seller
Photographed in front of a supermarket in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca.
February 24, 2015
Shrimp Vendor
Unlike some of the previous subjects of street photography posted here, this shrimp seller in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, had no doubt that I was using my iPhone to take his picture!
February 23, 2015
Pensive breakfast
A young lady gazes pensively out of a restaurant window in Oaxaca City, Mexico.
February 22, 2015
Oaxaca by Day
As a tourist in a town like Oaxaca City, there will always be street vendors eager to peddle their wares to you. Here a man visits me, uninvited, as I await my breakfast. He was selling small rugs woven in the nearby town of Teotilán del Valle. Unfortunately, he did not make a sale.
February 21, 2015
Oaxaca by Day
Another vendor in the Oaxacan town of Mitla looks for potential customers. She uses the stick to reach items otherwise out of reach.
February 20, 2015
Oaxaca by Day
A young salesgirl in the town of Mitla, Oaxaca, gives a look of mild consternation. Mitla is known for its fabrics, made into curtains, shirts, dresses, or blouses.
This, as well as a number of other candid street photos I took in Oaxaca was shot with an iPhone. Since a large percentage of people in public walk with their faces glued to their iPhones, people take much less notice of someone looking at an iPhone than someone pointing a large SLR camera in their direction, making it perhaps the ideal camera for street photography.
February 19, 2015
Oaxaca by Day
Teotitlan del Valle is a town outside of Oaxaca City which is known for its rug weaving. Here a lovely lady shows off her wares.
February 18, 2015
Oaxaca by Day
A young girl enjoys a popsicle in the town of Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico.