Final Exam Portraits - Griselda Lourdes

Alamo-Fiesta owner Griselda Lourdes poses with a skull sculpture Tuesday May 5. After her mother Consuelo Perez de Cortes died of a heart attack the same hour her brother Juan Luis Cortes was married, Lourdes left Mexico to help her oldest brother Gerardo Cortes through a depression. The skull symbolizes the Mexican holiday Dia de Los Muertes, a festive celebration that honors dead family members, reminding Lourdes of happier times as a child when her father Juan Cortes I would make candy on November 1 until he died when Lourdes was 23.

Griselda Lourdes talks with a customer on the phone at her shop Alamo-Fiesta on E. Ashby and N. Main Ave Tuesday, May 5. She and her son have owned the shop for seventeen years, which is inside a house built in 1905.

Women in Photojournalism Workshop and Contest

Hi folks,

This is a big event in photojournalism. Don't let the name fool you. It is not for women photographers only. It is just that the organizers are women. The have a photo contest too. Check it out.

The web address is:
http://www.womeninphotojournalism.org/

Spring 2009 - One to Remember

Spring 2009 will be one of my most memorable semesters at the j-school. I enjoyed all the laughs and experiences working with everyone at the Ranger and in News Photo I. Although I may not be joining those enrolled in News Photo II next semester, I will not allow myself to somehow be excluded from more good times to come. Hope everyone had as much fun as I have! See you next semester? count on it.











Here's some from the Source Awards:

nature walk

I took my camera with me on a nature walk.

I was really happy to find deer so close to my house.

I tried to be stealthy, but they definitely noticed me and my camera.

The deer began to form a gang, and I decided I was outnumbered and it was time to leave.

The end.

rainy dayy

Don't worry Dr. Lo, I wasn't driving when I took these, they were all taken while waiting at red lights.

san pedro view

cita de san antonio

Legendary musician Esteban "Steve" Jordan performs at Main Plaza, April 19, 2009.
Priscilla Reyna-Ovalle/The Ranger