While on assignment shooting for the book La Milpa, one of our stops was a farm directly in the middle of Xochimilco. I couldn’t have asked for better, I love this place so much and any excuse to go back is a good one. It’s so peaceful and beautiful, and now part of it has been designated as an ecological reserve. There are so many species of beautiful birds and clear peaceful waters. One of my absolute favorite places on earth. Everything just kind of moves slower there.
This here is our Trajinero,and his job is not easy, he must have rowed for no less than 4 hours without a break. But he was really friendly and when it started to get dark he was nice enough to creep us out with some serious Xochimilco scary stories.
A beautiful day with just the right puffy clouds for some great photographs….
Stephanie and Lisa, excursion buddies.
A couple of the locals. This man was very drunk and yelled funny things at us as we passed in the boat. I hope he didn’t fall in! He could barely stand but nonetheless he was working hard.
The book I shot the photos for is a cookbook with recipes that are based on traditional Mexican farming, so our main goal on this ride was to photograph the “milpas.” The first place we went to was an area where they only grow cactus, cactus as far as you can see. It made for some really great shots.
More farming:
Warm sunny skies turned into a cool evening. We rowed back to the docks very slowly, and quite cold.
