The Walls of San Miguel
Photo series: color, happiness, and even involuntary art.
Photo Series by Andrés Carnalla
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México
Andrés Carnalla (b.1976 Cuernavaca Morelos, México) is a professional photographer and co-founder of Mexican Food Journal / Inspired by Mexico based in Madrid.
See some of his other work.
The Walls According to Andrés
Mexico is also its walls on the streets. They tell us about eras, personalities of who painted them, and stories of time. They express what Mexico is: color, happiness, and even involuntary art.
The same wall tells you different things depending on the hour and month when you walk by them. Their colors change. Time gives them character. Families and generations are even identified by their color.
How many times have I encountered freshly painted walls with their cracks filled in that caused me great sadness, since for me they were canvases that in my own way I admired and enjoyed for their beauty - in them there was a living canvas.
However, it's a matter of time before that wall regains life itself. When you visit a place and walk through its streets, pay attention to its walls. I assure you that in them you will find works of incalculable artistic value.
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Los Muros Según Andrés en Español
México son también sus paredes en las calles, ellas nos cuentan épocas, personalidades de quien las pintó e historias del tiempo. Expresan lo que México es, color, felicidad e incluso un arte involuntario.
Una misma pared, te dice cosas distintas dependiendo la hora y el mes que la camines. Sus colores cambian, el tiempo en ellas van dando carácter, familias y generaciones son identificadas incluso por el color de ellas.
Cuantas veces no me encontré con paredes recién recién pintadas con sus grietas resanadas y que me causaron una gran tristeza dado que para mi eran lienzos que muy a mi manera admiraba y disfrutaba por su belleza, en ellas había un lienzo vivo.
Sin embargo es cuestión de tiempo para que esa pared vuelva obtener vida misma. Cuando visites un lugar y camines por sus calles, pon atención a sus paredes, te aseguro que en ellas encontraras obras de incalculable valor artístico.