Gemmaindia - Gemma India

Kaqchikel (Mayan) painter Paula Nicho Cumez is from San Juan Comalapa, the Kaqchikel art capital, the Santa Fe (NM) of Guatemala. This piece is called Mi Segunda Piel.

Odyssey: The Art of Photography at National Geographic

Mark Chadwick

Grimes // REALiTi

Decaying roses were shot by Billy Kidd.

My favorite painting by Paula Nicho Cumez, Mas Haya del Universo

From Scorched Earth To Palm Beach: The Maya Are Coming To Florida

“Everything has been transformed by the narcotráfico,” says O’Laughlin, who has often traveled to Huehuetenango, where most of Florida’s Maya residents are from. “The entire fabric of life has been destroyed.” YUUUPPPP ...Mendez, herself a Guatemalan-born Maya, concedes that integrating Maya newcomers can be a challenge as well. As indigenous people, for example, they’re not always accepted as part of mainstream Latino culture. And that points to another big obstacle.... I wish that integrating Mayan people into mainstream Latino culture wasn't a goal. Indigenous Guatemala is it's own category and culture.