Last Sunday afternoon my friend Alan and I hopped down to Albuquerque's predominately Hispanic South Valley neighborhood to stroll among the costumed characters for this year's Dia de los Muertos celebration.
The event, held at the Westside Community Center, is great for portrait photography -- all you have to do is complement the costumes and ask if you can photograph them. Everyone says OK.
The calavera face painting and masks ranged from simple to elaborate . . .
. . . and the costumes ranged from whimsical to serious . . .
. . . traditional to steampunk:
Most would dutifully pose, but a few would "strike a pose" unasked:
This year there seemed to be a lot of elaborate headgear:
The most stunning was a woman I photographed last year . . .
who came with an awesome new costume. It was all black-and-white, so I had to go that way too.
Finally, there was always time for a selfie:
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Enjoy!
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