South America
My father was born and raised in Santiago de Chile to German/Jewish parents. My grandparents fled WWII in 1939 and started a new life in Chile. In 1997, I graduated from Tulane University, in New Orleans. Not anxious to jump right into medical school, I decided to take a year off…
Asesino
“Asesino” means “murderer” in Spanish. A fitting bit of graffiti to be displayed on top of a cigarette vendor perhaps?
#LaBoca #Argentina #Canon
Fool's Gold
This is the first photograph that I took that “WOWed” me. It is a long exposure shot from the ski slopes of Valle Nevado looking at the city of Santiago. The title reflects the false hope of wealth that big cities can sometimes lure rural people into.
#Santiago #Chile #ZeissIkon
The Flowers I Gave Her
One of my early favorite pictures. It donned the cover of the New Physician magazine in 1998. Taken of a church wall in Iquique, Chile. If you look closely you can see that the photograph behind the flowers is of the Virgin Mary.
#Iquique #Chile #ZeissIkon
Keyhole
I had the amazing opportunity to take a seven day bicycle trip around Chile’s second largest lake-Lake Llanquihue. Shown here- “Volcan Osorno”.
#Frutillar #Chile #Leica
La Recoleta
La Recoleta Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. It contains the graves of notable people including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and a granddaughter of Napoleon.
#BuenosAires #Argentina #Canon
Crypt
Recoleta Cemetery, established 1822. This is the cemetery where the wealthiest families of Argentina lay their loved ones to rest. The family crypts are often adorned with stained glass windows and can be looked into by passersby . The upkeep of the crypts is done by cemetery workers IF yearly fees are paid. Sadly- many families do not pay (often from neglect or the lineage dies) and the crypts slowly deteriorate….(eerily, bones are sometimes seen inside the disintegrating coffins).
#BuenosAires #Argentina #Canon
Starting to Age
A child poses with his “wine” at a wine tasting event.
#Mendoza #Argentina #Leica
Beached
Taken in a small village near the southern-most tip of Chile.
#LagunaSanRafael #Chile #ZeissIkon
Titanic
I went on a cruise to Laguna San Rafael, on the southern tip of Chile. It was here that I was able to drink 30 year old scotch with 30,000 year old glacier ice.
#LagunaSanRafael #Chile #ZeissIkon
