Highway Catholicism in Mexico: Roadside Capillas

Marc Piscotty, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning commercial and editorial photographer based here in Denver (who now specializes in food, portraits, sports and assignment based work after working as a staff photographer at the Rocky Mountain News from April 1999 until February 2007), recently visited Mexico and noticed a unique phenomenon worthy of a photo series. He explains:

"On my most recent trip driving to Sayulita, Mexico, I started to notice these tiny little cathedrals paying homage to certain patron Saints or the memory of a loved one that has since passed. Far from being overtly religious (I blame Catholic school for that!), I was immediately intrigued by them. I kept an eye out for these tiny capillas that dotted the sides of the roadways in the states of Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit. Their sizes ranged anywhere from a shoebox to well over three stories tall in every shape and size. Some were simple, easily-constructed brick or adobe structures and others were elaborate and expensive to build. I immediately realized that there was a picture series in these amazing little structures and the many items inside them."

You can view the rest of this photo series on Marc's blog.