Rio Santiago

We spent a week following the Río Santiago from beginning to end, Lake Chapala to the ocean.  We wanted to find out how the water flows, connect with people and movements along its path, and witness dams, new tributaries converging, and where it meets the sea.  Fishing, dams, and the cleansing power of nature were recurring themes on the journey.  

We are incredibly excited to share the first of many videos created in the popular education workshops we are running in Juanacatlán and Guadalajara.  Karen, Lety, and Cristian live in and around Juanacatlán and are students at the local high school.  Their video is moving and they worked very hard to piece it together.  We are so proud!  Please post the video and share it; they made it with the intention of creating positive change for their communities and we want to help spread the word.

Hello Viewers,

This week I talk about my experience as a videographer covering IMDEC at a National Dam Conference, and I included a few photos. I also discuss an impromptu tour of the Río Santiago on a day when there was nothing but white foam covering the expanse of the river. You'll see Flip camera footage by a friend, Rodrigo, who brought me on the tour.

La Huizachera photo exposition, "Con Ojos de Niños" (Through the Eyes of Children) opens in the municipio of El Salto on Friday!  Photograph titles are being finalized and mounting solutions investigated to easily move the photos among a variety of spaces (schools, central plaza, and cultural center).  Below are the final 26 photos.  As soon as the titles are set in the next day or two, we will post them.