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How do all of the Day of the Dead participants get their faces painted?
A number of face painters, some more professional than others, are kept busy during those days. Many set up shop around the central plaza, where people congregate. Others go to people's homes, hotels, or workplaces to ply their craft.
Here a painter puts his touches on a stoic young girl.
This is Valentina, her face painted as a Catrina (skeleton) for Day of the Dead.
A young girl dresses for Day of the Dead in San Miguel de Allende.
Lovely Isabel, dressed and made up for Day of the Dead, in a gallery in San Miguel de Allende.
My photograph Eleven Turkey Vultures is on page 37 of the current issue of Nature's Best Photography, a beautiful magazine of curated nature photography.
This issue features a section containing Audubon Magazine's 2016 award winners, so my image was included.
The photograph was taken south of San Felipe, in Baja California, in 2014.
I believe that the image is also currently on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, along with the other winners, so if you're in the Washington DC area, let me know if you see it!
The same boy as in yesterday's post. This picture, I think, works better in color.
Here it is in black and white:
A boy dressed as a street urchin (who just might be one in real life?) entreats me for a Halloween/Day of the Dead treat.
