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pointless and uncalled for
16:58 / 27.09.03
Our Lady of the Iguanas



Can't say fairer than that.
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
16:59 / 27.09.03
I forgot to paste this.

The diverse and contradictory nature of Mexican life was captured by Iturbide in the captivating photograph entitled "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas)" taken in the Oaxaca region of Mexico in 1979. The image encapsulates the daily activity of a Juchitán woman who is transporting live iguanas on her head to be sold at the local market.

If you can say fairer than that, feel free to do so below.
 
 
Baz Auckland
17:22 / 27.09.03
I was in a Oaxacan market once. I didn't Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas, but I did see many an old woman selling mountains of crickets. (mmmm!)

Do you think you have to buy them as a set?
 
 
w1rebaby
20:04 / 27.09.03
No, but piecemeal iguanas are always more expensive.
 
 
gingerbop
00:03 / 28.09.03
Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas: flowers division?

Im confused as to the PICS thing, and what being on dial up has to do with it, taking about 2 secs longer than broadband as it does.
 
 
Mourne Kransky
11:20 / 28.09.03
The difficulty with buying just the one iguana is, when you get it home, it may not match the rest of your collection. The Lady of the Iguanas has obviously had years of practice in getting the iguana balance right by careful iguana matching. I doubt very much that the average barbelito could show that amount of skill, without at least a GCSE in zoological millinery.

You are a very strange man, btw, Seldom K.
 
 
gingerbop
14:00 / 28.09.03
Oh my god- I would have loved to have done that in school.
 
 
pointless and uncalled for
14:14 / 28.09.03
If you spend enough time in the presence of photographic chemicals you stand a very high chance of going a little bit boink, much like scientific progress.
 
 
Ria
19:16 / 28.09.03
hey. I used to go to the ATM machine with one iguana (the size of the ones in the photo) on my head. I had long hair at the time.
 
  
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