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December 26-January 3rd, 2026Riviera maya, Mexico
How I came here
My family used to go on an annual trip. These checked places off my bucket list that I had no idea I wanted to go to: places like Mexico and Canada went from an idea to reality. We stopped during COVID, and this year was the continuation.
I make it my goal to talk to as many people as possible. On a societal level, it fills me with extreme joy to be able to interact with so many kind people. On a moral level, I ask myself how I can be here while so much is happening around the world. These photos are my attempt to intertwine my love for being social with the reality of my extreme privilege.
This section will have photos of landscape, wildlife, plants and fauna, and macro photos. I hope to bring you along with me and paint reality in its real color.
I will also attach various sections of writing throughout.
These photos are shot through (Olympus) OM-EM1 and 5 using 17mm, 45-150mm, 75-300mm, and my macro 60mm lens.
Animals
I have always loved animals and wildlife. The first photo I took that I saw as “professional” was of two deer, one looking at me, when I was driving through Virginia. I remember the feeling: the color washing over my eye, the expression of the subjects so clearly visible, the depth and out of focus foreground that led you directly to what I wanted you to see. It was incredible.
But somewhere along the way I felt I could only go so far with animals. Deer, squirrels, various birds (eagles, herons, barn swallows) became boring. It was cool to see and take photos, sure, but appreciation was lost. Then I came here.
Seeing the diversity in the Yucatán has been awesome; the (top left) bird, a Chachalaca, for example, came to my balcony and stuck around for a half hour. It continued to come back each day!
The iguana, a Green Igauna, was pointed out by my grandmother during breakfast and I ran over. It quickly scurried up the tree after I took this photo.
The (Top right) Coati was unbothered as it walked across the path despite my obvious shock it was so close. (Right) Though as I looked to my side, I saw a young Coati who was watching me.
The bottom photo was during a downpour when, maybe around three dozen, Coatis ran up the trees for cover.
Different birds have perched outside our hotel and I was lucky enough to have ample time to try and capture a couple.
Then we have the beach!
Wallpaper Territory - Landscapes
These landscapes I wouldn’t mind having as my wallpaper… too bad that one shot with the four Caotis already is! (try find all of them)
All of these, like every other photo on my website, is available for print or digital copy (for wallpaper). Email Noahgo2002@gmail.com if interested.
Macro shots
Fauna - Eliot Porter
The passage of time can render you hopeless; each moment I march forward is a moment where the last has already gone. To say: each of the following photos are cemented in time. Small moments that could happen anywhere, at any time, and in any place, but they happened here. And each of these small moments happened to find their way into my camera.
As we learn to appreciate the mundane, we can freeze time and stop its oppressive march!
Eliot Porter is an influential figure in my photographic journey. His various photos of trees and other fauna, including in the Galagos, spoke stories out of isolated subjects. Wherever I go—especially evident in my Tennessee collection—I try to replicate this idea; here, I think I did it the best.
