- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
Almost 200 years ago, an American clergyman and writer, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, wrote a poem about the ritualistic aspects of All Hallows Eve aka Halloween - in the poem he wrote that on Halloween "a thousand shapes are at your side and also that there were "a thousand hellish demon sprites. My experience on the streets of Ashland, Oregon - known for its theater (the Oregon Shakespeare Festival) - was that there were a thousand different and tantalizing images for an enterprising street photographer.
There were memorable masks -
Rabbit & Eagle by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
Ranging from the elegant -
Disguised by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
To the grotesque -
Masks/Heads by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
The exuberant -
Feather Mask by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
And the whimsical -
Halloween Bart by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
There was mythological headgear -
Medusa Hat by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
There were invisible men -
Invisible Man by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
And romantic Skeleton / Mexican Calavera couples with the roses from their recent wedding -
Calavera Couple by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
And there were incongruous contrasts - like this Ballerina and Biker -
Ballerina & Biker by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
Though when she began dancing in the street, no one could look away -
En Pointe by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
There was even a member of the Royal Family in attendance -
King SPAM by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
At a certain point, in the best archaic folk traditions of our forebears, who celebrated the end of the harvest season with spirited revels, there was music and dancing in the streets -
Parade by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
And everyone - from the youngest -
Pirate Girl by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
- to the older more mature revelers -
Bubble Lady by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
- had a splendid time.
You can see a longer and more photo-and-text-intensive selection of photographs on my blog - a thousand shapes are at your side
There were memorable masks -
Rabbit & Eagle by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
Ranging from the elegant -
Disguised by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
To the grotesque -
Masks/Heads by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
The exuberant -
Feather Mask by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
And the whimsical -
Halloween Bart by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
There was mythological headgear -
Medusa Hat by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
There were invisible men -
Invisible Man by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
And romantic Skeleton / Mexican Calavera couples with the roses from their recent wedding -
Calavera Couple by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
And there were incongruous contrasts - like this Ballerina and Biker -
Ballerina & Biker by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
Though when she began dancing in the street, no one could look away -
En Pointe by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
There was even a member of the Royal Family in attendance -
King SPAM by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
At a certain point, in the best archaic folk traditions of our forebears, who celebrated the end of the harvest season with spirited revels, there was music and dancing in the streets -
Parade by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
And everyone - from the youngest -
Pirate Girl by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
- to the older more mature revelers -
Bubble Lady by La Chachalaca Fotografía, on Flickr
- had a splendid time.
You can see a longer and more photo-and-text-intensive selection of photographs on my blog - a thousand shapes are at your side
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