| Photos copyright © 2011 Kat Avila Location: 4th Street and Birch, Santa Ana Time of Day: Afternoon, about 1:00-5:30 p.m. Camera: Canon SD780 IS Notes: The sun needs to be directly overhead the street in order to avoid the shadows from the buildings covering the altars. Probably the best time to take photos would be from a little before noon to a little after. |
 remembering U.S. soldiers killed in action |
 arty skulls |
 The refreshing taste of Coke for your afterlife. |
 tombstone collage from rice & beans |
 skull made from recycled soda cans |
 papel picado calaveras (calavera paper cutouts) |
 calaveritas de azúcar (sugar candy skulls) |
 skull fracture |
 ceramics |
 altar for Las Mujeres de Juarez (The Women of Juarez) |
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pan de los muertos(bread of the dead) with bone-shaped decorations |
 panes de figuras antropomorfas (anthropomorphic figure loaves) for Day of the Dead |
 calavera señorita |
 a loving calavera couple |
 OCEAA's altar took a stand against bullying with art created by K-8 students. |
 sugar candy skulls and candles |
 skull planter |
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 skull & nerdy kitty |
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 O.C. Equality Coalition calaveras by Roman Beltran & Agustín Gonzalez |
 calaveras by Beltran & Gonzalez |
 calaveras by Beltran & Gonzalez |
 calaveras by Beltran & Gonzalez |
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 fiesta skeleton in coffin |
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 Spanish conquistador vs. indigenous warrior |
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 incense burner |
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 calaveritas de azúcar (sugar candy skulls) waiting to be decorated |
 Corona® beer and skulls |
 O.C. DREAM Team altar |
 cute doggy clothes with decorated skulls |
 Centro Cultural de Mexico booth |
 Viene la Muerte Bailando (Death Comes Dancing) by Grupo Chaneque |
 Viene la Muerte Bailando by Grupo Chaneque |
 skeletal bird, part of a larger puppet exhibit by Grupo Chaneque |
 ghost-on-a-stick |
 skeletal butterfly with monarch wings |
 Aztec dancer blessing |
