Category: South America
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162 | Self Portraits :: Bogota, Colombia, 2015
I love taking reflection photos of myself in museums, especially modern museums. Often times you can get a composition like this one, which seems almost surreal (and quite creepy) in its blend of the art and the viewer.
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137 | Statues :: Medellin, Colombia, 2015
Fernando Botero made a name for himself with his exaggerated portraits, depicting people and animals in extreme disproportions. His “fat” statues can be seen all over Medellin, but mostly concentrated in Plaza Botero, right outside Museo de Antioquia where some of his most famous paintings reside. You can even find one depicting the bloody death of…
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098 | Masks :: Bogota, Colombia, 2015
I always found masks at museums haunting, as if they bear a spirit that’s waiting to communicate with the willing stranger.
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096 | Faith :: Cuzco, Peru, 2011
What do you see when you look up at the night sky? The Incas saw a shepherd, a fox, a baby llama and its mama llama, a toad, and a serpent. In addition to looking at the constellations, the Incas also saw life in the spaces in between, the dark voids in the Milky Way,…
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085 | Dolls :: Lima, Peru, 2011
When I saw this pottery piece at a museum in Lima, my immediate reaction was — it’s the lady with the ax in One Piece! I tried to find the character’s name and have searched the One Piece wiki with no avail. The female face is a popular motif in Nazca pottery. The Nazca civilization…
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237 | Windows :: Cartagena, Colombia, 2015
I love places that look like they were forgotten by time. Or, perhaps they just didn’t care to keep up with the passage of time. Cartagena sure was one of those places, where every corner you turn, you might find one such alley, or door, or window. I often stopped by one such relic and…
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054 | Strangers :: Cartagena, Colombia, 2015
My last stranger hails from Cartagena, Colombia. I’m not a great photographer and my project is more about the stories than the photos themselves, but this is one I’m quite fond of from the photography perspective. The street vendor just happens to be in the perfect place at the perfect time and wearing the perfect…
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044 | Animals, Galapagos, Ecuador, 2011
Look at this cutie pie! Met him on a hike in the Galapagos. At first he tried to play coy, but then he twisted his head to say hi. I think he likes me 😛
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