Chile swings to the right
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.
Ruta de los Tehuelches
(COIHAIQUE ALTO, AYSEN, CHILE) — 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 [...]
Photographing Santa Muerte
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. Whether its origins are placed within the cosmology of [...]
