User:nsaum75

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I'm a photo journalist who splits his time between Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico and Texas in the USA.

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WikiProject Mexico.

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This user is a translator and proofreader from Spanish to English on Wikipedia:Translation.

This user lives in or hails from the state of Oaxaca.

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This user attends or attended the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca.

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Learn to think. This user attended the University of St. Thomas (TX).

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My photographic & video contributions

Videos:

Cacao beans being ground & mixed with almonds & cinnamon to make chocolate at a chocolate store in Oaxaca, Mexico

Original photographs:

Non-commercial paintball field in Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Moody Gardens Pyramid
Current B'nai Israel Temple
First B'nai Israel Temple c.1870
Sanctuary of St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica
American National Insurance Company
Galveston Skyline
Sanctuary of St. Mary Cathedral Basilica
Moody National Bank's headquarters in downtown Galveston, Texas.
Cranes at the Port of Galveston container terminal
1894 Grand Opera House
Sacred Heart Church, Galveston
Galveston County Civil Courthouse
Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery c.1852
Community House Entrance
Rabbi Cohen Community House Gate
Shearn Moody Plaza
Shield of Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Algoa, Texas
Beth Jacob Synagogue
Beth Jacob Cemetery
Main Terminal of Scholes International Airport
Rosenberg Library
Arab Ka'ak
UTMB
The historic Trube Castle
Sacred Heart Church
Henry Cohen Community House
New Congregation B'nai Israel Cemetery
Baby chicks for sale at the Mercado 20 de Novembre in Oaxaca, Mexico
City National Bank Building, now the Galveston County Historical Museum, in downtown Galveston, Texas
O'Connell High School
Ball High School
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston College
William B. Travis School
Ball High School
Galveston County Justice Center
Manakeesh with Za'atar
Ativan tablets, 0.5mg
Santiago Apostol Chapel in Oaxaca, Mexico
Israeli Couscous or Ptitim
Ciprofloxacin
Rabbi Jimmy Kessler
Texas state Representative Craig Eiland
Galveston, Texas mayor Lyda Ann Thomas
Judge John R. Froeschner
La Marque Common School
Rosenberg Elementary Galveston, Texas
Rosenberg House on UTMB campus
New Galveston Causeway
1910 Galveston Causeway
Dominican High School
Galveston United States Post Office, Court House and Customs Building
United States National Bank building
Ashbel Smith Building on UTMB campus
The Galveston Shriner's Burns hospital on the Campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch
Dominos Pizza restaurant in Oaxaca, Mexico.
A traditional Tlayuda served folded and topped with a slice of beef skirt-steak. Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Chapulines (roasted grasshopers) for sale at the Benito Juarez Market in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
An open-faced Tlayuda topped with strings of Quesillo.
Peanut-butter flavored version of the Israeli snack Bamba
Un-refrigerated eggs for sale at a Chedraui grocery store in Oaxaca, Mexico
La escuela de Medicina Veterinaria y Zoología de la UABJO.
Foto panorámica del Centro Cultural Universitario y Rectoría de la UABJO
BBQ flavored version of the Israeli snack Bissli.
Student protests at the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca in the fall of 2009.
1870 B'nai Israel Synagogue and Community House
Alamo School
Looking out towards the Gulf of Mexico
Galveston's Rosenberg Library, Pre Ike
Galveston's Rosenberg Library, Post-Ike
Galveston Island Trolley
Queso Fresco mexicano.
Árbol del Tule en Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico, Octubre 2009.
Universidad de la Sierra Juárez en Ixtlán de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Roasted "baby" chapulines
Crocodile nursery located inside the Lagunas de Chacahua National Park in Oaxaca, MX
2,500 High-Risk people line up in a mall in Texas City, Texas to receive the H1N1 vaccine from the Galveston County Health Department.
Alamo School plaque
The Daily News main office.
Sacred Heart Parish Elementary School
The 1894 Central High School building and attached former branch of the Rosenberg Library for African Americans.
The Bishop's Palace, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
El teatro Macedonio Alcalá in Oaxaca, Oax., Mexico
Mosaico de Benito Juárez en Oaxaca, Mexico.
Full size Guava tree growing in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Boudin balls
Smoked boudin
Alebrijes en el Mercado Pochote en Oaxaca, Mexico.
Stones from a Zapotec temple that were incorporated into the walls of Iglesia Preciosa Sangre de Cristo in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Mexican hot chocolate, specifically Chocolate Mayordomo
The Modelo beer brewery in Oaxaca.
A 24-hour Automated Postal Center inside the Webster, Texas Main Post Office.
Jamaica Beach, Texas Post Office
Texas State Historical Plaque marking a Karankawa indian campsite & burial ground historical marker on the west end of Galveston Island.
The Galveston National Laboratory--BSL4 Lab--on the campus of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
Specially designed Hurricane-proof building constructed to house joint offices of the Houston-Galveston National Weather Service Forecast Office & the Galveston County Emergency Management Office
Porous fossiliferous limestone cladding on the side of a building
Military checkpoint in the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Kiosk and gardens located in the Zócalo.
The city of Oaxaca de Juárez at night, taken from the Cerro de Fortín.
Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas.
A woman cutting designs into unfired Barro Negro pottery in San Bartolo Coyotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Mercado Benito Juarez en Oaxaca, OAX, Mexico
Underground pits in which cured barro negro pottery is fired in San Bartolo Coyotepec, OAX, MX.
Jardín Etnobotánico circa de la Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán in en Oaxaca, MX.
A permanently submerged lamp used as a fish attractant.
Dried maize mote, also known as hominy, purchased at a street market in Oaxaca, MX.
A Zapotec communal fish farm located near Ixtlan de Juárez in Oaxaca, MX.
John Sealy Hospital
Webster Post Office
Webster city hall
League City
Dickinson
Santa Fe
Hitchcock
La Marque
Texas City Post Office
Tiki Island
Friendswood
Bánh mì thịt nướng
Hauxya pods, also known as Guajes, served as part of a Oaxacan Botana.
Tlayuda con quesillo y chorizo en Oaxaca, MX.
School of Languages at the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca
Native "criollo" avocados, the precursor to today's domesticated varieties.
Quesillo de Oaxaca from the Mercado Benito Juárez in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mex.
Salchicha Oaxaqueña
Tiendas Chedraui en Oaxaca de Juarez.
2010 Elections in Oaxaca
Tamales Oaxaqueños, large tamales willed with chicken and mole negro, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed.
Tamal de zarzamoras - made with pineapple, raisins & blackberries.
Tamal amarillo
a tamale made with chipilín
Ashton Villa, location of the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas, birthplace of Juneteenth.
Tamale filled with chicken and spicy marinaed jalapenos, onions and tomatoes.
Tamale filled with chicken and salsa verde.
A sincronizada made ham, oaxaca cheese, topped with chipotle & green salsas, plus pico de gallo.
An empanada made with flor de calabaza, queso Oaxaca and epazote
Oaxacan Memelas topped with salsa rojo, salsa verde & queso fresco.
Palacio Municipal of San Agustín Etla
A Burger King franchise adapted to operate in the historic district of Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico
Iglesia de San Pablo Huitzo
Belott, TX VFD
Mall of the Mainland foodcourt.
Mall of the Mainland foodcourt.
Water tower in Weches, Texas
Polk County, Texas courthouse
Directional sign for Saumsville, Virginia
Downtown Saumsville
Mound at the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site in Cherokee County, Texas
Fry's Electronics Store in Webster, Texas
Santa Maria del Tule Palacio Municipal.
El Centro de San Pedro Juchatengo, Oaxaca.
Carving Alebrijes from Copal wood in Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Asado de penca del agave, utilizados en la elaboración de mezcal en Oaxaca, Mexico.
2010 Oaxacan Elections
Gusano de Maguey en botella. Oaxaca, Mexico
A seedless avocado growing next to two normal avocados in San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca.
Tomatoes being grown organically in a greenhouse. Location: San Pablo Huitzo, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Kids celebrate Las Posadas in Jalatlaco, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Monte Alban
Tortillas para tlayudas
Barro comals used in Latin America.
Tortas Oaxaquenas being prepared on a griddle.
An open seed pod on a Silk Floss tree.
Markouk
Guelaguetza auditorio in Oaxaca de Juarez.
Queso Flameado
Estadio de Béisbol Lic. Eduardo Vasconcelos
Las Posadas en Mexico
Rafael Torres Valdez, rector de la Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca.
Shinzabouro Takeda, Japanese-born Mexican artist.
Oaxaca City does not have piped tap water. All water must be delivered to houses and businesses by truck, where it is pumped into cisterns.
UABJO's "Lic. Benito Juarez" Library.
Una Miscelánea en el barrio de Xalatlaco.
Huitlacoche for sale in the produce department of a Soriana store in Oaxaca.
Garnachas from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca
A KFC restaurant in Oaxaca de Juarez.
An INEGI census worker in Xalatlaco, Oaxaca.
Interior of a Soriana Hypermart.
Edificio del Fábricas de Francia en Plaza Oaxaca en Oaxaca de Juarez
Tortillas enchilada with chorizo Tlaxiaqueno in Tlaxiaco
Entrance to Santiago Yolomécatl
Templo de San Jerónimo en San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya, Oaxaca
Kosher turkey and beef pastirma wrapped in a pita in Tel Aviv
Sautéed Bull penis served as an appetizer in Oaxaca.

Panoramic contributions

Playa Principal en Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico

Alameda de León plaza en Oaxaca de Juarez, OAX, MX.

The city of Galveston looking southeast towards the Gulf of Mexico. Downtown Galveston and the Strand Historic District are at the far right, while East Beach and the University of Texas Medical Branch Childrens Hospital and Shriners Children's Burns Hospital are to the far left.