Time Travel

Photo Essay: Cinco De Mayo Festival

Signature Photo:

Lucinda Cruz looks through the many trinkets being sold at this tent, hoping to take back home a little piece of Mexico. 

Overall Shot:

Hundreds of people line up at the Cinco De Mayo festival as they order some traditional Mexican food.

Close Up:

At the fair there was a variety of Mexican Cuisine like this corn on the cob with mayo, cheese, and chili powder, which is often seen in Mexico as a popular street food. 

Portrait:

A young girl and her mother as they enjoy one of the many fast rides that were available at the fair. 

Interaction:

Crisanta Ruth as she asks a customer what kind of the many fruit juices they want from all the ones her and her family had been rapidly making all day, as they try to keep up with the amount of people at the festival.

How to Sequence:

A worker cuts thin strips of meat off the cooking spit (Above), as the other workers make tacos Al Pastor to serve to the customers (Below). 

The Clincher:

These young brightly dressed dancers pridefully perform traditional folkloric Mexican dances, which illustrate the true story of Cinco De Mayo.  

Mosaics

Exquisite Corpse

BEFORE

AFTER

Flower Power

Multi Exposure

Exaggeration