To see a digital preview and to buy the book Portraits of Grace, House of Hope, click on this link:Â http://www.blurb.com/books/5960660-portraits-of-grace-house-of-hope# ARLINGTON–I first saw Casa Esperanza in the fall of 2006. I spent no more than an hour there, on my way to somewhere else, but it remained etched in my memory. My thoughts would […]
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Tagged Andrew Tonn, Central America, El Salvador, Hasselblad, Homeless, Homelessness, Hope House, Jamie Stark, Lutheran, Lutheran Missions, missionaries, poverty, San Salvador, Tri-X
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An exhibit nearly 15 years in the making will open June 5th at the McConnell Arts Center of Worthington (MAC). The photos in this show will include images from my very first trip to Honduras in 2000 to some never-before-seen images from my last assignment in Guatemala and El Salvador not quite two months ago. The […]
Also filed in Central America, Columbus, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, La Moskitia, Lake Atitlan, Leica, McConnell Arts Center of Worthington, Missionary Air Group, Ohio, Portraits, Rus Rus, Spanish
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It has been a busy year, and while there was a three week trip with Missionary Air Group into La Mosquitia, teaching, Scouting and having a beautiful baby boy named Henry, a huge part of the past year (or two) has been spent cataloging, archiving, scanning, collating, collecting, organizing, publishing and putting some of the […]
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Tagged Andrew Tonn, Books by Andrew Tonn, CAMO, Central America, Central American Medical Outreach, Documentary, Documentary journalism in Central America, Latin American journalism, LeicaM6ttl, MAG, Medical Aid, Medical Aid in Central America, Miskito Coast, Missionary Air Group, Nikon D800, Panasonic GF1
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PUERTO LEMPIRA—We rose into the clear morning sky from the air-strip at Rus Rus and headed nearly due east. The Cessna was on a sort of Dr. Doolittle mission, taking a planeload of pets along on the supply run to be spayed and neutered by a visiting missionary veterinarian. Puerto Lempira is a place […]
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Tagged Central America, Gracias a Dios, Gracias a Dios Honduras, Honduran, Honduras, Lempira, Miskito Coast, Nikon D800, Panasonic GF1, photos of Puerto Lempira, Puerto Lempira, the Miskito people, travel to Puerto Lempira
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COLUMBUS, OHIO–Ever since I first laid eyes on the blue expanse of Lake Atitlan, I have wondered about the towns surrounding her shores. Little by little I explored them over the years, mostly haphazardly, leaving many unseen. If I were to go back and look through my old journals I know I would […]
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Tagged A Survey of Lake Atitlan towns, All the towns in Atitlan, Guatemala, Jaibal, Jaibalito, Kachiquel, Lake Atitlan, Maximon, Maya, Mayan, Mayan towns, Panajachel, Patsizotz, photos of Lake Atitlan, San Antonio, San Antonio Palopo, San Jorge, San Jorge La Laguna, San Juan, San Juan La Laguna, San Lucas Toliman, San Marcos, San Marcos La Laguna, San Pablo, San Pablo La Laguna, San Pedro, San Pedro La Laguna, Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina Palopo, Santa Cruz La Laguna, Santiago, Santiago Atitlan, Semana Santa, Solola, Tzununa, Tzutuhuile
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GUATEMALA CITY—We came down out of the mountains, down the curves and switchbacks on the outside of Lake Atitlan’s caldera, dropping out of the highland fog into the thick night of Guatemala’s subtropical rainforest. Tall trees, dripping water, lined the road. It was late and the Central American night was unrelieved by light pollution so […]
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Tagged Department of Solola, Diputado, Diputado candidate, Diputado Solola, Enrique Rodriguez, Guatemala, Guatemalan elections, Guatemalan politics, National Advancement Party, PAN, PAN party, Panjachel, politics in Guatemala, San Jorge, San Jorge La Laguna, Solola, Solola Diputado
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PANAJACHEL—I stepped off the boat onto the floating dock at Santiago and clapped my wide-brimmed Panama hat tightly onto my head. I slung the light NorthFace Recon pack over one shoulder and the Domke F3X camera bag over the other and began the uphill hike up the main street to Hotel Ratzan. To my right was […]
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Tagged Atitlan, Central America, Guatemala, Holy Week, Holy Week in Santiago Atitlan, Holy Week processions, Lago de Atitlan, Lake Atitlan, Leica, Leica M6ttl, Maximon, Maximon in Santiago, Maximon San Simon, Panasonic GF1, processions, Saint Simon, San Simon, Santiago, Santiago Atitlan, Semana Santa, Semana Santa in Santiago, Semana Santa in Santiago Atitlan, Simon Judas
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SANTA CRUZ LA LAGUNA, GUATEMALA—The water has risen by three meters. The docks around Lake Atitlan, in the Guatemalan Highlands, are awash. Patios and staircases and beaches are underwater. They say the average rainfall is around 50 inches and last year saw 75 inches. The lake has no outlet.  There are slippery boardwalks where once […]
26 November 2010 CHICLAYO, LAMBAYEQUE, PERU–We walked down a crowded, hectic, loud and hot street, dodging and weaving our way between people and I turned to my wife and said, “I like Chiclayo…” It was around noon. We had slept through the morning and Kristina had decided to take a dose of Cipro to knock […]
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Tagged a day in Chiclayo, archeology, Café Romana Chiclayo, Cafe Romana, Chiclayo, Chiclayo Lambayeque, Chiclayo Market, Chiclayo Peru, Chiclayo Photos, Chiclayo tourism, Lamayeque, Latin American markets, Lord of Sipan, markets, North Peru, Northern Peru, Panasonic DMC-GF1, Panasonic GF1, Peru, Peruvian, Photos Chiclayo, photos of Chiclayo, Sechura Desert, Sipan, Sipan archeology, South America
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
CHICLAYO, LAMBAYEQUE, PERU–After the caverns of Quiocta we descended to a pleasant lunch and were soon climbing back into higher mountains on our way to see the sarcophagi of Karajia. These nine-foot-tall anthropomorphic containers hold the remains of Chachapoyan royalty and date to around 800 B.C. They rest on a ledge, far up a cliff, […]
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Tagged archeology, bones, Chachapoyan, Chachapoyan burial, Chachapoyan sarcophagi, Chachapoyas, Chachapoyas to Chiclayo, Chachapyan archeology, Chiclayo, human bones, Karajia, Panasonic GF1, Peru, Peruvian, Peruvian archeology, Sarcophagi of Karajia, South America, South American archeology, South American travel
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