Shooting Street Photography in Mexico City’s most notorious neighborhood.

Jun 26

It’s Sunday afternoon and what would your normally do in Mexico City? Of course, you go to Tepito and do a little bit of street photography. 😁 I’ve heard many stories about that place and in general people will tell you that is not an area you should go to, especially when carrying an expensive camera around your neck. Nevertheless, when my buddy Alejandro told me about this flea market we could check out which is located right next to Tepito I said sure, let’s go. Already on the way there, Alejandro told me that we have to be careful and keep an eye open because of potential thieves. Which makes sense, since the place was packed with people and there is always the chance that somebody might take advantage of the situation.

After walking around for a while we then ended up in Tepito and there were no tourists around at all and we got some funny looks. It didn’t feel dangerous in any way but we felt that it probably wouldn’t be a wise idea to stick around for too long. Besides that it was so busy that it wasn’t too much fun shooting there either.

In the end, we had a fun afternoon shooting in Mexico City and I would say that the mission was a success.