Educacion Gratuita (Free Education)
Facade of occupied Universidad de Chile. The banner reads “This struggle belongs to the whole society. Everyone for free education”.
Mercado Central
Santiago’s Mercado Central, a lively marketplace of fresh fruits and seafood, dresses in Red, White and Blue during the national celebrations in Chile.
The Chilean Winter
I took this picture of a barricade in an occupied school in my childhood neighborhood in Santiago – the image repeats everywhere in Chile. With a massive popular approval, the student-led protests for free education have sparkled dreams of a more equal society in a country that still struggles to get rid of the ghosts of Pinochet’s dictatorship.
Street Cueca
Dancing to the rythm of “Cueca” music blasting off a portable radio, a couple of children dressed in typical costumes display their craft to a curious crowd in Santiago’s downtown during the national independence celebrations.
Haircut
Rural del Prado is a big fair dedicated to livestock and farm animals, and is held every year in Montevideo, announcing the arrival of spring in these latitudes.
Stranded
If you’ve ever been to Buenos Aires, its quite possible you’ve seen them – these two kids play their music in the city center, earning a few pesos from the tourists and passers by.
El número 10
The horse marker ran around in circles, trying to paint a white “10″ in Canillita’s thigh, but the animal – a contender for the following day’s Raid race – just wouldn’t stand still.
Land Cruiser
At around 4700 meters (roughly 15400 feet) above sea level sits Laguna Kollpa, an alkaline lake from where kollpa is extracted, a powder-like white mineral. There I found this old Land Rover. The image was eerie, a proper metaphor for the large expanses of loneliness of the Bolivian Altiplano, a place where time seems to have stood still.
