Below is a translation from the Portuguese of an article from Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo. The article was written by Tatiana Freitas. This is actually my first ever translation from Portuguese, a language that I don´t actually know as such but can largely understand – at least in its written form – because […]
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Viejo o adolescente, criollo o mestizo, general, obrero o licenciado, el mexicano se me aparece como un ser que encierra y se preserva: máscara el rostro y máscara la sonrisa. The Mexican, whether young or old, criollo o mestizo, general or labourer or lawyer, seems to me to be a person who shuts himself away to protect […]
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I think that the image above shows several aspects of the beautiful, colonial city of San Cristobal de las Casas in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, one of the country’s poorest. The prevalence of the Mayan people and their culture is evident throughout the city. Here, a Mayan lady looks in her purse for […]
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Here’s a second instalment of hombres del distrito because if there is something that Mexico City is not lacking, it is men. Siesta time on the corner of cinco de mayo and eje central in the centro histórico. Ambulant vendor in front of trajineras in the canal district of Xochimilco. Musician on calle regina in the centro histórico. […]
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Here is an old shot I took in 2010. La Quebrada de Cafayate is near the town of Cafayate in the northern Argentine province of Salta.
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A deviation here from the regular focus on Latin America. Earlier this year, I completed a translation of the play Bangkok by Spanish playwright Antonio Morcillo Lopez. The play won the prestigious SGAE theatre prize, Morcillo Lopez’s second win, and has been performed in various cities of Spain. Here is a link to an article […]
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Men of the District: District refers to the Federal District (Distrito Federal), the political entity of Mexico City. These are some of the gents that I have seen, met or encountered over the past year or so in México DF. This is Julio, a vagrant troubadour. My good friend Ro and I met Julio in […]
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The title I have given to this collection of three photos is straight forward. In the case of the first two, it simply describes their occupation in the informal economy of Mexico City; torta (Mexican sandwich) maker and sweet potato vendor. I’m not sure of the occupation of the third guy or whether he has […]
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Below is a just a minuscule selection of the street art that can be found all over Mexico’s Federal District. I like to wander the city and be surprised by what’s around the next corner. Some of the art stays for a while, some is ephemeral, something new will pop up, the city is dynamic […]
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Below is a selection of photos taken from the time that I spent living in Valparaiso, Chile in 2010. Valparaiso is one of the most beautiful, most colourful and most unique cities of South America, Latin America, the world! All of the photos were originally published on a daily photo blog that I maintained for […]
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