Sonora Market on Mexico City

Sonora market is opened everyday to pilgrims from Mexico City and tourists from far beyond who come here for fortune predictions and promises of better life. The Sonora Market is full of potions and powders for luck, love and money. Voodoo and Indigenous religion mixes with Catholicism. Live animals, some rare, including turkeys, puppies, toucans, snakes and rats are sold for sacrifices.

Special Effects Photography by Thomas Herbrich

"Surprise yourself and your audience!” That's the mantra of Thomas Herbrich, photographer and photo manipulating extraordinaire. With a client list that includes BMW, Mercedes Benz, Sony, Toyota, Volkswagen, Ikea and Lego, this professional is sought after for making brands come alive. More than that, he takes photos more or less the same way an artist paints a picture or a filmmaker adds special effects: with an endless amount of imagination. His spectacular scenes are meant to look realistic but always incorporate a strange twist.