GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Age is just a number on the make-shift, smokey dance floor at Revolution Park as young and old move to the pulsating rhythms of the electronic dance music. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Juggling machetes is as dangerous as it seems as Neto Machetes’ blood-soaked hands prove. The smallest lapse in concentration can result in severe injuries. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: The shadow of Neto’s airborne machetes are reflected on the scorching pavement of Federalismo avenue. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Ernesto “Neto Machetes” juggles three sharp machetes at a red light on Federalismo avenue as pedestrians cross the street. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Ernesto “Neto Machetes” concludes his machete juggling act on the southbound lane of Federalismo avenue before weaving through the cars to collect any tips. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Ernesto “Neto Machetes” often joins friends at the park on Saturday afternoons after juggling machetes on the streets. Here, Neto poses with Imperia Fuentes and Spanish card decks. Many come to the park with their own deck to play cards, while enjoying a few beers and a joint or two. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Neto Machetes and José Guadalupe “El Calcetín” (The Sock), greet each other with a fist bump at Revolution Park. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: José Guadalupe, a.k.a. “El Calcetín” (The Sock), organizes the Saturday revelries at Revolution Park. Every weekend, he coordinates the music set up and keeps an eye on things from his merchant booth just outside the playground area. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: A reveler takes a phone call as the sun begins to set at Revolution Park. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Smoke from the many joints burning throughout Revolution Park make the air dense around the park’s lush greenery. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Reveler holds a joint in his hand beside a friend with a bluetooth speaker at the Revolution Park. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: No men allowed signage at the anti-Patriarchy section of the Saturday tianguis (open air market) on the western side of Revolution Park. The women only area is cordoned off by pink and white flags. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Neto Machetes and friend Imperia Fuentes hold a deck of Spanish cards each at Revolution Park. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Onlookers enjoy the ambiance at Revolution Park next to the speakers. Behind them, booth tents selling clothes and other merchandise line the edges of the park. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Ad hoc DJ set up at Revolution Park pumps out the music for the outdoor party, which varies by genre every weekend. Today, they play electronic dance music. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Bicycles are a common sight in Guadalajara, generally, and many of the young people who hang out at Revolution Park on Saturdays arrive in their two-wheelers. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Two friends greet each other in the smoke-filled playground area of Revolution Park. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: A girl texts behind a motorcycle at the Revolution Park. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: A young man accommodates his pink shoulder bag, with an LGBTQ rainbow clip on the strap as the sun filters through the trees and hits patches of dirt at Revolution Park, where revelers stand facing the center. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Every Saturday afternoon, young Tapatíos gather at Revolution Park to socialize, dance and have a good time. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
GUADALAJARA, JAL – November 9, 2024: Tourists on a bus marvel at Ernesto “Neto Machetes” as he performs his dangerous machete juggling act at the intersection of Juarez and Federalismo. | PHOTO CREDIT: Raul Diego Medina
