This montage of photos tells the visual story of elevating a traditional village art to high-quality production for export to the world. I took the photos from 1981 to 1994 in the village of Santiago Atitlan, Solola, Guatemala. My work in Central America required years of study, many experiments with designs, and unending attention to detail to achieve products for the world market. Working with the designs and innovations I produced, the weavers of Santiago Atitlan exported direct to the United States. From the design center there, I shipped the products to shops and catalogs throughout North America, Europe, Japan. Catalogs also sold products throughout the world. Sales of the products made the weavers the highest-paid workers in the village. Money from the business paid for the education of their children, medicines for their families, purchases of land, and start-ups of other businesses. Go to giftofinfinitecolors.com to see other stories told through Flash videos. I am seeking work in Arabic-speaking countries to repeat this success with artists in remote villages. (Photographed with Nikon and Canon cameras, scanned via Canon, assembled in Flash, exported as .swf to Adobe Premiere, exported again as Quicktime movie for loading to YouTube. I did another with Final Cut Pro, narrated through Pro Tools, but I didn't have access to FCP for this video.)


 

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