La Caudrilla de Siete (The Gang of Seven)

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Michael Plyler photographs from Guatemala, image #, NMAI.AC.071; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: Photograph of seven K'iche' boys. Photographed by Michael Plyler in Cunen, Guatemala. Same image as Roll 72 in Subseries 3.2. Description from Plyler: "I spent the fourth of July, 1985, in Cunen. A remote village in the Department of Quiche accessed from the road that goes to Nebaj from Chichicastenango. I spent a couple of days there because a gringo I met in Antigua returned to Guatemala after serving some time in Cunen in the Peace Corps ten or fifteen years previously. He became a journalist after leaving the Peace Corps and was living in southern California. He wanted to revisit the place he had grown so fond of all those years ago, and try to freelance the story to the L.A. Times or another paper. As with most Mayan villages, Cunen had its 'muchachos de las calles' (boys of the streets). These guys followed us around fairly relentlessly. I was driving back into the village one day in my Toyota pickup and drove into the square and they appeared. I knew they would approach the truck. The Olympus was on the seat next to me and my window was rolled down. I set the shutter speed and aperture by dead reckoning below the window sill so they couldn't see the camera. When they got close I swung the camera up and got this group shot with a 50mm lens."

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Michael Plyler photographs from Guatemala

Creator

Plyler, Michael, 1955-

Summary

This collection consists of photographic prints, negatives, and transparencies taken by Michael Plyler between 1982 and 2018 that depict the everyday lives of five Highland Maya community groups from Guatemala. Also included are images of churches, buildings, and historic structures from Guatemala.