Photographing the Romeria del Rocio means documenting one of Spain's most iconic religious pilgrimages. It is held annually during Pentecost weekend. As a result, over a million pilgrims travel to El Rocío, a small village in the province of Huelva.
Tag: andalusia
Andalusia photo gallery
Memories of my latest journey down to Andalusia still linger in my mind now that I’m back home: the pleasant, sweet scent of orange blossoms; the bright green rolling hill landscapes, where even a lonely white cottage becomes a monument; those pretty whitewashed villages perched spectacularly atop crags; the Western-like atmosphere sheltered in the spectacular, badlands-like Tabernas Desert, one of the wildest and driest parts of Europe.