Mexico has been one of the hardest places for me to take pictures. Perhaps fearing crime, influences of traditional indigenous beliefs, a distrust of outsiders, or simply a cultural inclination, I’ve found my paisanos to be reticent and suspicious of the camera. As a result, most of the photographs I have taken there were during a college semester abroad (20 years ago) when I had an opportunity to build relationships over a period of months. More recently, I visited Oaxaca for the Day of the Dead. While I was in the region for close to two weeks, I don’t think I even got ten images worth sharing. But I really like this one.