La Secuencia de la Rueda de Chicago (Ferris Wheel Sequence)

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See more items in: Michael Plyler photographs from Guatemala; Michael Plyler photographs from Guatemala / Series 3: K'iche' / 3.2: K'iche' negatives and transparencies

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 a ferris wheel. Photographed by Michael Plyler in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Neg#13. Same as photographic print La Secuencia de la Rueda de Chicago (Ferris Wheel Sequence) in Subseries 3.1. Description from Plyler: "December brings a big festival celebration to Chichicastenango. I happened on it quite by chance. I was flabbergasted when I walked into the plaza and saw this human-powered ferris wheel. Because Mayans are not particularly tall in stature, I was able to place my Tachihara 4x5 in a high tripod position and shoot over the tops of the heads of those between me and the ferris wheel. I shot quite a few pieces of film in both horizontal and vertical variations and picked these three for this triptych."

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