Mike Randolph is a writer, photographer and video producer based in Madrid, Spain. www.spainbymikerandolph.com
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Ripoff Artist. Get the backstory here. Photo ©Mike Randolph
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Little-known Cariñena, in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, has been producing wine since Roman times, making it one of Spain’s oldest wine-growing regions. It’s common in Cariñena to see vines grown as individual plants. Photo ©Mike Randolph
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The Cranes in Spain: Gallocanta Lake in Aragon, just south of Zaragoza, is the single most important site for migrating cranes in Spain. At the height of the season, Gallocanta, which is an entirely rain-fed lake, boasts a winter population of some 20,000 cranes, though in some years it’s more than twice that number. Photo ©Mike Randolph
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A bruised sky brings some much-needed rain to Los Monegros, near Zaragoza. One of the least-populated areas in Spain, Los Monegros is often thought of as barren and worthless. But if you explore its empty backroads, you are often rewarded with moments of rare, if austere, beauty.
Photo ©Mike Randolph www.spainbymikerandolph.com
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Zaragoza, Spain: Spectators wait for the nighttime Holy Week procession of a particular cofradia to begin, as though unaware of the penitent among them. Photo ©Mike Randolph
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Hooded Catholic penitents push a statue of the Virgin Mary past the Mudéjar walls of La Seo Cathedral in Zaragoza, Spain. Photo ©Mike Randolph
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Semana Santa in Zaragoza, Spain. Video by Mike Randolph
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A curious dog keeps an eye on the street from the living room window. Zaragoza, Spain. Photo ©Mike Randolph
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The problem with having a goat for a mascot when you are an elite, fearsome fighting force such as the Spanish Legion is that during the most important military parade of the year, on October 12, your goat might wander off to munch on some nearby geraniums and then the crowd, instead of being awed by your fearsomeness, will find it all pretty funny. Zaragoza, Spain. Photo ©Mike Randolph
