Photographing Guatemala

Guatemala provides an extraordinary canvas of volcanic topography and living indigenous culture. High in the central cordillera, Lake Atitlán rests within a colossal volcanic caldera bordered by three dramatic peaks and traditional Mayan villages. On historic highland fincas and coffee estates like Santa Anita, generational agricultural communities work among mist-shrouded slopes. Colonial Antigua offers Spanish baroque facades bathed in rich evening light, while the ancient jungle pyramids of Tikal rise through morning canopy mist.