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My work can be viewed in my audio-slide shows at www.chicosanchez.com If you´d like a print of any other of my photos, send a screen grab of the photo and we´ll print it for you.

El Triunfo. Voices of Mexico. Text and photos by Chico Sanchez

Voices of Mexico, a magazine by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), has published my work in a photo essay titled El Triunfo. Home to a Thousand Wonders.

My images are acompannied by short stories of my reflections on the Reserva de la Biosfera el Triunfo in Chiapas, the home of the Quetzal Resplandeciente bird and refuge for many other species in danger of extinction. To see the publication click here.

Voices of Mexico , revista que publica la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), acaba de sacar un artículo con mis textos y fotografías titulado El Triunfo. Home to a thousand wonders En el reportaje se ven imágenes acompañados de unos textos donde comparto mis experiencias y reflexiones sobre una visita a la Reserva de la Biosfera el Triunfo en la Sierra Madre de Chiapas, hogar del mítico Quetzal Resplandeciente y refugio de una gran cantidad de especies que se encuentran en peligro de extinción. Para acceder al artículo pincha aquí.

To see more of my photography work visit my website: www.chicosanchez.com

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The Monarch Butterfly

Sharing a short audio-slide show about the monarch butterfly, whose ability to migrate every year from Canada to México is at serious risk. Experts say the corridor they use to fly north and south is becoming obsolete, for several reason, and could put an end to the monarch migration sooner than we think :

Genetically modified crops and agro-chemicals in the US are killing the milkweed they eat
Deforestation in the US
Urban sprawl in the US
Climate change
Mexico´s illegal logging in the forests where they hibernate during winter months.

It´s uncertain what will happen in the coming years when the monarch butterflies try to return via the US to Canada, where extremely cold temperatures are caused mainly by deforestation.

www.chicosanchez.com/monarch
(Photo © Chico Sanchez-All Rights Reserved)

Twenty years ago this beautiful insect was the symbol adopted by the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), a commercial agreement between Canada, Mexico and United States. These three countries signed environmental accords to protect migratory animals like the monarch butterfly, but today two decades later, the monarch butterfly is on the brink of disappearing.

This audio-slide show contains pictures taken at two Monarch butterflies sanctuaries: El Rosario in Angangueo, Michoacán in 2007, and Cerro Pelón sanctuary in Capulín, Mexico state in 2010-12 and 2014. Every time I go to a sancturary, there are noticeably fewer monarchs to photograph.

The accompanying audio is the amplified sound made by the monarchs as they fly, a kind of buzzing sound, without effects or distortion. This is how it sounds.

Bees and bats are suffering a huge decline as well. Nobody seams to react, and our society keeps using the same agriculture and industrial procedures that are destroying life on our earth. I hope this audio-slide show encourages people to look for information on how some big agro-chemical companies are causing severe damage to our planet earth, in the name of profit.

To see the audio-slide show click here: www.chicosanchez.com/monarch

Information consulted for this audio-slide show:
worldwildlife.org/species/monarch-butterfly
www.jornada.unam.mx/2014/01/30/ciencias/a02n1cie
www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2013/11/30/se-reduce-la-poblacion-de-mariposas-monarcas-que-llega-a-michoacan-7375.html
www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2014/01/29/numero-de-mariposas-monarca-que-hibernan-en-mexico-cayo-43-7-este-ano-wwf-5020.html
bigstory.ap.org/article/monarch-butterflies-drop-migration-may-disappear-0
www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/29/monarch-butterfly-decline-mexico
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140129-monarch-butterflies-mexico-animals-science-environment-migration-nation/
www.naftanow.org

Mayan Queens - Rodrigo Abd

I want to share "Mayan Queens," a series of portraits of the 2011 participants of the National Indigenous Queen of Guatemala contest.

All his pictures are in black & white and were taken with a 19th century style wooden box camera he bought in Afghanistan.

Indigenous culture in Guatemala is very rich, and the pictures show us the great diversity of faces and clothes of the descendants of the mystical Mayans.

Abd is a photographer for the Associated Press. His work has been widely published and he as won numerous prizes, including a Pulitzer he shares with other AP photographers for coverage of the Syrian war.

To see the Mayan Queens portraits enter this link:
rodrigoabd.com/mayan-queens

For more visit his website: rodrigoabd.com

Peter Essick - Inner Japan

Inner Japan is a picture story by photographer Peter Essick published in National Geographic. These pictures where published in 1994. To enter the gallery click in the picture.

For more pictures of Peter Essick enter his website: http://peteressick.com

Lior Patel - Portraits

A gallery of portraits by photographer Lior Patel. On his website he writes: "My work revolves around the human condition as social portraits." His portraits are truly great.

To enter this gallery click in the image.

For more enter his website: www.liorpt.com

New Youtube Channel - English and Spanish audio-slide shows

I'm starting 2012 with a new Youtube channel. I've discovered Youtube to be a practical place to share my audio-slide shows beyond by website. In the last six months I tested my stories in Spanish and was surprised to get about 50,000 visits ! So, I've recently finished uploading the English versions in order to reach a larger English speaking audience.

To visit my new channel click here: www.youtube.com/user/chicosanchezphoto

For more information about me and my photography works please visit my website:

www.chicosanchez.com

Michael Melford - Acadia National Park

Sharing a gallery by photographer Michael Melford for National Geographic. It features pictures of the Acadia National Park in the northeastern U.S. Melford was born in New York in 1950 and on his website he says: 'My mission is to share the wonders of the natural world with other, and to help them see the beauty that surrounds us. My hope is that we might preserve it for future generations.' I think Michael Welford has accomplished very well his mission as his images show the amazing greatness and beauty of nature. To see this gallery click on the photo.

For more information of this amazing photographer enter his website: www.michaelmelford.com

Abelardo Morell - Camera Obscura

Here is an amazing series of pictures by photographer Abelardo Morell. Born in Havana, Cuba, this photographer published a gallery of photos in which he used entire rooms as if they where cameras, and used a prism to flip the projection right-side up. I have to admit that I don't fully understand how he did it. Please take a look at the beauty and mystery that's involved in his pictures.
To enter the gallery click on the photo.

To know more about Abelardo Morell please enter his website: www.abelardomorell.net

Ivan - Stronger than a hug

I want to share the story Stronger than a Hug. This great story is about Alonso Barrios, a 9-year-old boy, who was born without arms and who learned to live with his handicap, photographed by Ivan Gonzalez. Ivan is a photographer and photo editor in Caracas, Venezuela. He is also a good friend. We worked together for several years in Venezuela. I'm honored to feature his work in my blog.

To see the slide show click in the picture.

To see more pictures of Ivan González please enter this link (In Spanish):

http://ivangonzalez.photoshelter.com

Jamie Williams - Tibet

I want to share a gallery of images from Tibet captured by Jamie Williams, an editorial and commercial freelance photographer based in Sidney, Australia. Williams says on his website that he "covers people and stories that don't receive mainstream coverage." It was difficult to choose a gallery from his website, as I liked many of them.

To enter de gallery enter this link: http://www.jamiewilliams.com.au/#/travel/tibet/1

For more about Jamie William's work enter here: www.jamiewilliams.com.au

Billy Calzada - Last Picture of My Day

I'm sharing a blog by San Antonio Express-News photojournalist Billy Calzada. In this blog, Billy, who I visited several times at his home in San Antonio, shares the last picture he takes every day. As I write this post he is on his 425 day. I think the idea is fantastic, and Billy is a great photographer. If you want to visit his blog enter this link: http://billycalzada.blogspot.com

For more enter his website: http://www.billycalzada.com/

Eliana Aponte - Central Migration to the US

Eliana Aponte is an independent Colombian photographer. She worked twelve years for Reuters. She has covered Israel and Palestinian territories, Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia. Before joining Reuters, Aponte, worked for AFP in Panama for two years.

I'm going to share her pictures about Central Migration to the U.S. She shows with a style I love the ambient around the train.

To enter the slide show please enter this adress: http://www.elianaaponte.com/Migration/index.html

For more enter his website: http://www.elianaaponte.com

David Mclain

David Mclain is an amazing National Geographic Magazine photographer living in North Yarmouth, Maine, United States.

My favorite section of his website is: http://www.davidmclain.com/index-slides.html?gallery=Travel

For more you can visit his website: http://www.davidmclain.com/

Jazz Funeral

Jazz Funeral is an amazing poem/song multimedia presentation by Orleans poet Chuck Perkins and photographer Andy Levin. Simply a work of art.

To enter the project click here: http://andylevin.com/multimedia/

Carl Bower. Chica Barbie

I'm going to share Chica Barbie a very interesting story by Carl Bower. His pictures show really well beauty contests in Colombia and the importance pageants have in the Colombian society, a country that has lived an armed conflict for years.

His work has been published by numerous publications including New York Times, Washington Post, Time and Newsweek. Bower has also amazing weeding pictures seen by a documentary eye.

Chica Barbie story: http://www.carlbower.com/#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=1&p=1&a=0&at=0
Weeding pictures: http://www.carlbowerphotos.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=1

His documentary portfolio: http://www.carlbower.com
His weeding pictures: http://www.carlbowerphotos.com

Spain Holy Week

I will be in Spain taking pictures during Easter Holy Week. I'll visit Cordoba, Seville, Carmona, Cadiz and Prado del Rey, my hometown.

In this post I'm going to share a story I did years ago about Holy Week with my wife, photographer and photo editor Leslie Mazoch: http://www.chicosanchez.com/holyweek

To see more of my audio-slide shows please enter my website: http://www.chicosanchez.com

In Spain

This week I arrived to my homeland in southern Spain for vacation, every year I photograph stories I find interesting while visiting family and friends.

In this post I'm going to share a story I did last year about the Iberian Pig:
http://www.chicosanchez.com/theiberianpig/

Luis Fabini

Luis Fabini is an Uruguayan photographer living in Nueva York. Fabini has been working on a long term project with people in the Americas who work with cattle. He has photographed Argentinian gauchos, Chilean guasos, Andean Chagras, Mexican Charros and North American Cowboys.

To visit this work enter his website: http://www.luisfabini.com/

Daniel Berehulak - Festival of Colours

Daniel Berehulak is an Australian photographer for Getty Images News based in New Delhi, India.

I want to share his work about the Holi, the Festival of Colours, in the holy city of Vrindavan, India. This festival is celebrated by people throwing coloured powder and coloured water at each other. Holi is celebrated as a welcoming of Spring, and a celebration of the triumph of good over evil.

To see the feature enter here: http://www.danielberehulak.com/#/new%20work/holi%202010/1


(Photo ©Daniel Berehulak-All Rights Reserved) For more enter his website: http://www.danielberehulak.com

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