The Huichol are mostly located in Mexico’s Jalisco region. They believe in working in harmony with nature and worship nature and how it ebbs and flows year on year. I was lucky enough to spend some time photographing Santos, a Huichol who lives in Nayarit....
JP Stones talks with Tekie, one of the Aztec Workshop models, about his beliefs and traditions. Oh, and finding dead eagles in the jungle....
This was a tricky photo as we were aiming for a few things: dramatic portrait lighting, consistent environmental lighting and a pleasing quality of light across the face. The idea was around 'sun worshiping' to the deity Huitzilopochtli. This practice is part of the Aztec...