A new, lavishly illustrated book about San Miguel de Allende by photographers Jeremy Woodhouse and Nancy Rotenberg. In this the year 2008, when San Miguel gained UNESCO World Heritage status, the publication is a fitting tribute to a Mexican colonial jewel.

There are those places in the world that cause you to miss your flight home and ask you to consider where home is. There are those places in the world where your face begins to soften and where your soul becomes alive and no longer feels neglected. There are those places in the world where sensual awareness runs amok and where you feel it with every part of your being. As the poet Rumi wrote, you become 'a pearl without a shell, a mindful flooding, candle turned moth, head become empty jar, bird settling nest, love lived'. For me, San Miguel de Allende is such a place.

As a frequent visitor to bookstore travel sections, I had seen photographs of San Miguel's rainbow-colored adobe structures and geraniums growing out of coffee tins. I had seen quirky skeletons playing guitars and I yearned to visit the place where artists and lovers, like Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera received their inspiration. When Jeremy said let's do a photography workshop in San Miguel de Allende, I was packed.

San Miguel de Allende is not just a place to visit like a tourist resort. It is a visceral experience where hearts and minds dare to open. San Miguel lives in the experience of senses, not in the mind – it has sabor and ambiente. Tony Cohan, On Mexican Time, writes about San Miguel. 'Here, life is intimate, voluptuous, and sense-driven'. It is all of that and as a photographer, my mission is to transfer some of that sabor into pixels. As workshop leaders, our goal is to help other photographers transfer and record experiences and feelings to their pixels. After half a dozen trips here and many workshops later, Jeremy and I have put this book together so that you, the reader can enjoy the essence of a wonderful Mexican location, while learning how to approach a town, such as San Miguel de Allende, being prepared and ready to photograph a sense of place – con gusto!

- Nancy Rotenberg

180 pages, Hardcover, 185 images,
11.75" x 10"

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