Going Bananas

For a few months I’ve been working on and off with a Huichol family (mother Maria, pictured) from Jalisco, who comes periodically to Guadalajara with their youngest daughter, Paola, who is need of surgery to correct a condition of hydrocephalus, which is when fluid builds up in the head around the brain.  Soon, she’ll have a shunt put in to drain the fluid, but in the meantime, the three of us, and a family friend, Gladys (not pictured) spend a hell of a lot of time waiting outside the Hospital Civil Viejo sifting through Mexican bureaucracy waiting for a real appointment.  The other day, I bought a few bananas for us to pass the time.