Abraham and his family and staff continue to welcome me with open arms to their coffee beneficio here in Esteli, and I continue to be enchanted by the beautiful light, the rustic building, and the hard-working team. And so I continue with my photo essay (view the previous post here), a bit of visual poetry...
i like these the best of all…
[...] This is the final installment in my series on the Beneficio de Cafe of Abraham Castillo, shot in Esteli, Nicaragua. (Please view the previous two posts: The First, with introduction, and the Second.) [...]
I spent an afternoon on a local tobacco farm, during harvest, here in Esteli, Nicaragua. While I’m not a proponent of smoking, nonetheless tobacco farming and cigar manufacturing are major enterprises here, and are worthy of investigation. Esteli creates a major part of the cigars manufactured in the world, and grows a rich variety of...
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All I have to say is thanks…
Wow! I never knew tobacco could be beautiful… excellent work!
Tucked away in a barrio in Esteli, Nicaragua, on the edge of a dry, dusty stream bed, is the family-owned coffee processing company of Abraham Enrique Castillo, Beneficio Centro America. It’s not a large facility, although at one time it was twice its current size, before their land was seized and inhabited by others. Nor...
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I have been browsing through this site and the photos are amazing. I know a lot of people that would pay a nice price for some of these pictures. Have you ever thought of putting a gig on fiverr.com to get your photos under the people. That would pay off without a doubt.
Great work, I love it.
All the best and all success
Geoff
[...] de Cafe of Abraham Castillo, shot in Esteli, Nicaragua. (Please view the previous two posts: The First, with introduction, and the [...]
[...] light, the rustic building, and the hard-working team. And so I continue with my photo essay (view the previous post here), a bit of visual poetry from the highlands of Nicaragua: #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 [...]
I spent the day today volunteering photography for a local non-profit here in Esteli, Nicaragua, called Instituto de Formacion Permanente. Among the many things they do in the city and the region, they have a Saturday day camp for children. I joined them in the city at 8am, and we took a packed bus just...
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[...] can also view my previous post of photographs of children in my volunteer work with INSFOP here in [...]
Alberto Gutierrez could be called many things: hermit, farmer, eccentric, recluse, sculptor, folk artist, walking piece of history, national treasure. I don’t know that all of these would be accurate descriptions, but I do know this: he is a talkative, friendly fellow, who loves art, loves poetry, and loves his property in Cerro Jalacate, in...
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Hi,
I work for a global education and youth leadership program based out of San Francisco. I lived in Nicaragua for a few years and continue to work down there 2-3 times a year. I just came across your photos and stories-I’ve visited alberto many times and your stories and photos are truly incredible. Thank you for capturing these images and experiences.
Best,
Eliza
No trabaja, Carlos! No puedo escribirte. Tienes un otro correo? Puedes tratar integrityhomebuyer@gmail.com para escribirme.
hola amigos, soy carlos trate de escribirte pero no pude enviar el correo me do regreso, parece que esta mal escrito o no se que paso. pero este el mi correo carl_529@yahoo.com
quizas pueden enviarme un correo saludos
Bravo Fritz! What a lovely character portrait of this talented man. Thanks for a thoughtful view of the country and one of its people.
[...] which is pretty impressive for a semi-hermit that lives in the middle of nowhere in Nicaragua. Here is another site that has much prettier pictures that I could have taken with a good description of [...]
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