This past weekend, I was on assignment in Angol, Chile for AmeriCares, the US-based humanitarian organization. It was the final visit to the field hospital that AmeriCares donated to the city of Angol, thanks to the financial support of the GE Foundation and MetLife. The assignment consisted of documenting the six modular tents that house [...]
This past Friday was Virgen del Carmen Day, the most important religious holiday for the patron mother of Chile. The most remarkable show of religious fervor takes place in the north of Chile, in a tiny town that balloons from 800 to several thousand during the Festival of La Tirana. Alas, I didn’t head out [...]
As if by coincidence, while preparing for my upcoming trip to South Africa, David duChemin comes out and publishes “Safari: A Monograph” from his Print and the Process series of downloadable ebooks. As he rightly notes, this ain’t your typical how-to guide on photographing a safari in Africa.
Last week, I had the opportunity to get to know one of Chile’s most beautiful areas, the Region of Araucania, original home and last outpost of our indigenous Mapuche nation.
Billionaire Sebastian Piñera won in today’s presidential elections here in Chile. This marks a break from 20 years of rule by the center-left coalition “Concertación” and swings Chile into center-right territory. Here’s some photos from his supporters celebrating in the downtown plaza of Rancagua, Chile.
Last night was the end of a long hot day for the presidential elections in Chile. Our outgoing president, Democratic Socialist Michelle Bachelet, leaves office with a record 80% approval rate. The four candidates that presented themselves were either so indistinct or frighteningly wealthy right-wing, that most people I find had a tough time arriving [...]
Those of you who know me, know that my secret life-long interest and ambition has always been to be an anthropologist. The academic nature of the study of culture fascinates me to no end. I’ll readily admit that I should’ve majored in anthropology in college, not photography, but that’s a discussion for another time.
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Ever since I saw the photographs my fellow students from the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop produced at the altar of Santa Muerte (St. Death), I was drawn to this Mexican so-called cult’s fascination and religious worship of something so fundamental to the path of life: death itself.
CNN recently announced that they would be doubling their US staff, particularly in the form of so-called “All Platform Journalists” (APJs). These journalists will be using lightweight kits that include laptops, cameras and editing tools for Internet as well as on-air programming in all 20 cities.
Gabriel "Morty" Ortega is a visual journalist.
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