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About The Author

Julie Schwietert

Julie Schwietert Collazo is a writer, editor, researcher, and translator currently in New York, formerly of Mexico City and San Juan. She is Matador's managing editor and is the lead faculty member of MatadorU's travel writing program.

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A photographer stands still on a busy street corner in Mexico City.

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The camera lens is like a skipping stone, hopping from one country to the next.

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Allison Heiliczer witnesses the Tamil festival of Thaipusam -- commonly celebrated in...

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Karin Leperi makes a trip to the region called home by the current pope and where one...

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Julie Schwietert photographs faithful devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe at the Basilica...

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Believed to protect miners, worshipers of La Virgen de la Candelaria credit her, along...

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Move over peanut M&Ms, from fried chicken to tomatoes and bananas, these vending machines...

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Cody Forest Doucette shoots sketchy scrambles and sweet powder runs on a ski trip to...

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In June 2010, three crew members set out to shoot a concept for a new Matador TV show,...

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A sign of the times, virtual tourism seems to be a recurring theme here.