JP Stones Photography 1on1 Workshops has as its primary goal to bring together photographers with the fascinating culture and folkloric figures of Mexico. I have spent much of my life moving from one country to the next. India, England, France, Australia and the US. And now the sun drenched Pacific coastline of Mexico. Moving around so much you become aware, not just the differences in culture country on country, but how we seem to be moving towards a homogenous global culture of sorts. How ‘progress’ means the adoption of the Western way of life. I’ve always been fascinated by the cultures and sub-cultures of our society and how photography is a way to capture them both as they are but, more importantly, if that is no longer possible: as they once were. It was this seed of an idea that grew into JP Stones Photography Workshops. An opportunity to photograph with locals who have retained their culture, customs and heritage, despite bombarding global influences.