SQSalomón Quintero

Author · Storyteller · Student of Mesoamerica

Salomón Quintero — Stories, Memory and the Mexica World

Diego Rivera panorama of Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan situated on Lake Texcoco
Lake Texcoco and the mountains surrounding Tenochtitlan
People farming on the chinampas
The chinampas and waterways of Tenochtitlan
1. Diego Rivera’s Tenochtitlan · 2. Tenochtitlan mural, bottom · 3. Tenochtitlan mural, top · 4. Chinampas, bottom · 5. Chinampas, top
Huitzilin’s flight from the chinampas

A novel by Salomón Quintero

Flight of the Hummingbird

From the chinampas of Tenochtitlan to the highest circles of Mexica power, Huitzilin rises through talent, courage, and destiny.

Flight meets destiny.

The book

A Mexica family’s journey across four generations.

Art, commerce, education, warfare, diplomacy, and imperial power—while omens gather and strangers approach from the eastern sea.

Enter the book’s world →

History and memory

Two personal works connecting family experience with the larger currents of history.

Photo collections to explore

Photography becomes an organized library rather than competing with the stories on the homepage.

01

Nature

Wildlife, landscape, and close observation.

Collection forthcoming
02

Europe & Asia

Travel, architecture, and encounters abroad.

03

Yoga Retreats

Places, people, and restorative gatherings.

04

Yoga Practice

A personal collection of postures and practice.

Collection forthcoming

From activism to law, and from law to ancestral memory.

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