Apertours Photography Workshops:
San Cristóbal is in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state. Few places on earth rival the region for pure dramatic beauty and variety of peoples. San Cristóbal itself offers a myriad of wonders for the photographer. For centuries, this has been the place where indigenous traditions meet Spanish colonial culture and the modern Mexico. Visually the mixture is astounding, with the bright notes of traditional indigenous aesthetic contrasting delightfully with the more staid yet elegant influence of Europe.
Outside of the city high, rounded and jagged peaks lead south towards Guatemala, carpeted in every shade of green imaginable. Here, life is everywhere flowing and wanting to be photographed, digging into and sprouting out of the dark earth. Ringing the highlands are the warm flat lowlands where the ancient Maya built great temples to their gods and the living manifestation of god, their kings. The untamed Chiapaneco coast frames the west.
Location and Facilities:
Of course, a great part of the Aper tour experience comes from spending a week in the gracious house on Calle Tonala with Cisco. A Chiapaneco for 13 years, Cisco's depth of knowledge and love of San Cristóbal and its surroundings are an enormous benefit to students. The home reflects Cisco's fun, relaxed and eclectic personality. The courtyards are filled with rare wild orchids from the Jardin de Orquideas Moxviquil (Cisco's second passion), herb gardens and fruit trees. Most of all, students are made warmly welcome, with many lessons ending in good conversation around the fireplace in the evening. Cisco is proud to say that, "The best thing about running this school is that the great majority who come here as students leave as friends."
Aper Tours Darkroom
The darkroom is the magical place where the images in our mind's eye take physical form, become earthbound and permanent. Here, we find another layer of creative potential limited only by the skills, experience and desires of the photographer. Feel free to experiment in this space, to explore the boundaries of what is possible and what is not. Think of it as an alchemist's room, a place where chemistry and magic mingle, and see where it takes you.
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