Guatemala – Full of Contrasts
San Pedro, Guatemala -- 1999
Hélène Lawler
This initially unremarkable photograph is by far my favourite representation of
what I observed in Guatemala. Here, traditional and modern are superimposed, as
is the female/male divide. The young girl in her traditional dress, startled,
with feet cut off, watches as her westernized male counterpart zoom by, not
quite in focus.
© 2002 The
Fletcher School, Tufts University