ProyectoFoto - PhotoProject
Show off your travel photos!
For 2011 this page is for photos taken by YOU, whether you're a student, a friend, anyone! Each month we will announce a theme, and anyone is welcome to contribute with a photo you have taken on your travels to a Hispanic country. Please stick to the theme of the month!
Each month we will award a $50 voucher (toward any course or textbook) to the most outstanding photo. The only thing we ask is that El Patio retain the right to use in any way each month's winning photograph.
How to participate:
- Email your photo (jpg or png) to
- Include your name, the title, a few words about the picture, where it was taken, the date it was taken
We will publish your photo on this page. The monthly winner will be announced in the first week of the following month, and the winner contacted by email.
Julio: Los menúes - Menus!
We've all seen some entertaining menus on our travels, with listed items ranging from dishes made with unbelievable ingredients, to those with highly entertaining and unique uses of English. But have we taken the time to photograph the menu that had us reeling with disbelief, or kept us amused with its attempt at Spanglish?
July is for menus. Show us what you ordered!
Junio: Las caras de la gente - People's faces
One of the great things about travel is that not only are we in a completely different space, but suddenly we have time to look around us!
There are new landscapes, buildings, works of art, signage, vehicles, stuff in shops, and then there is the people. Photographing people can be one of the more challenging aspects of photography, and some of us are more able to jump in to capture a portrait than others.
June is for portraits. Show us what you've snapped!
This photo was taken in the south of Bolivia. We were visiting hot springs in the high country. We had stopped for coffee and food in a little shake near 'lago coloreado' where this little boy was riding his bike around and pretending to get stuck between the chairs. Such a happy little boy in such a cold climate.
Boy on a bike, Bolivia
This photo was taken in the south of Bolivia. We were visiting hot springs in the high country. We had stopped for coffee and food in a little shake near 'Lago Coloreado' where this little boy was riding his bike around and pretending to get stuck between the chairs. Such a happy little boy in such a cold climate.
Foto de Kristen Benson, (Lower Intermediate 1)
Los niños de Cuba
Saqué esta foto este año en Habana, Cuba. Pienso que muestra la energia de vida en Cuba. I took this photo this year in La Havana, Cuba. I think it shows the energy of life in Cuba.
Foto de Jarrin Moore, 2011 (Lower Intermediate 4)
Wayuu abuela, Colombia
I took this photo during a 4 hour ride in the back of a truck on the way through the desert from Riohacha to Cabo de la Vela in the very north west of Colombia. We were stopping there for a night on our way to the unbelievably pretty part of Colombia called Punta Gallinas. The woman was travelling with her two grandchildren but I couldn't talk to her as she was an indigenous Wayuu woman and didn't speak Spanish.
Foto de Matt Ford, (Upper Intermediate 3)
Mujer que vende baratijas
A woman selling trinkets near the dock at San Antonio Palopó, on Lago de Atitlán, Guatemala. Mujer que vende baratijas cerca del muelle en San Antonio Palopó, Lago de Atitlán, Guatemala.
Foto de Maree Lodge, 2008 (Upper Intermediate 3)
Bailarina del club La Tropicana
One of the dancers among the audience at The Tropicana club in Havana, Cuba. Una de las bailarinas en el club La Tropicana en La Havana, Cuba
Foto de Maree Lodge, 2008 (Upper Intermediate 3)
Abril: Paisajes Estupendos - Incredible Landscapes
We have joint April winners! And they are Kathy Chambers and Véronique Roussy for their images below. Felicidades a las dos.
La vista del balcón del hotel en el Valle de Pineta, el Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, los Pirineos
Foto de Kathy Chambers, junio de 2008 (Upper Intermediate B3)
Cactus en Bolivia
Foto de Véronique Roussy, septiembre de 2010 (Superior 7)
Marzo: ¡La Comida! - Food!
Churros con Chocolate
This photo was taken on my first day in Madrid!
Photo by Heather Scott, 2006 (Elementary 3)
Febrero: Fiestas Tradicionales - Traditional Festivities
Our February winner is Nel ten Wolde! for her image below of Semana Santa en Casares, Spain.
Casares, Semana Santa
Esta foto es Semana Santa en Casares. Era mi primer camino a Santiago de Compostela en España.
Casares, Spain, photo by Nel ten Wolde, mayo de 2009 (Lower Intermediate)
Enero: Tiendas Antiguas - Old Shops
Our January winner is Lisa Wegemund! for her image below of the panadería, La Habana Vieja, Cuba.
Panadería, La Habana Vieja, Cuba
Una panadería en La Habana Vieja. Me gusta mucho el dibujo.
A bakery in Old Havana, Cuba. I love the painting.
La Habana, Cuba, photo by Lisa Wegemund, 2008 (Advanced A5)