Opening Slide Show: 27 / Mexico City: 22


Location and source: México, D.F. WTL image archives.
Image and comments : Photo of two girls being posed for photo in front of two-dimensional background of Mayan pyramid with devotional picture of the miracle of Juan Diego (Quauhtla Tóhuac) seeing the appearance of the Virgen de Guadalupe at Tepeyac, on the outskirts of Mexico City.
Cultural humanities: photography; religion; syncretism; art within art (embedding and layering)
Humanities topic: This photo shows a variety of cultural elements: What are they?