You see, for me La Serena is a good friend´s house, a sanctuary of laughter, relaxation, beauty, good food, good wine…
It´s funny how something so scientific, so predictable, can still be so mystical, so intriguing. Continue reading The Blood Moon
Intrigued, I ran to get my camera and 100mm macro lens to see what I could do. Fact: Caterpillars can book it, and getting a good close-up is not as easy as you would think. Continue reading The Goliath Worm
I took these pictures at a hike in Río Clarillo a while back, and I read Life of Pi a while back. Two unrelated things that I’m now relating.
“All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive.” Continue reading Río Clarillo and Life of Pi
Beautiful sunsets are one of my greatest pleasures. I feel like anytime the sky is pink, purple, orange and red, we all need to just stop what we’re doing and gawk. It’s happened to me before that upon mentioning “O wow! Look at the sky!”, the person looks, says “oh yeah, that’s pretty” and just carries on. This is not a response of which I would be capable. Continue reading Last night in El Norte Grande
I only have a 200mm zoom lens, so I thought it turned out pretty nice considering.
Named after the limón de pica (basically a key lime), this little town in Chile’s Norte Grand professes to be an oasis in the middle of the desert. And it is. Continue reading Pica
Flowers, and especially hydrangeas, remind me of my mother. They were my first subjects when I became interested in photography.
So I guess what I’m trying to say is that I really love flowers and have since the beginning.
This is a tourist trap type town. You´re forced to go there before heading to Machu Picchu and everything from food to lodging is significantly more expensive than the rest of the Cuzco region. And getting there via Peru Rail? One of the most expensive train rides of my life! Continue reading Aguas Calientes
Chinchero was not originally a part of the plan, but after leaving my prized 100 mm f/2.8 macro lens in a drawer back in our Cuzco hostel (I blame the brain-fart on the altitude…) we had to return with the tour group we were with, and this was a stop on the way back to the city.
It was truly one of those great mistakes, an unexpected detour; and it turned out being one of my favorite parts of the trip.
It surpassed expectations.
People die. People you love will die. YOU will one day die.
Not a revolutionary thought, nor overly insightful, yet something we tend to forget from day to day.
You can even be prepared for a death, and then when it actually happens, it totally catches you off guard.
Death, prepared or unprepared, is difficult. Continue reading Ramblings on Death and Images from Peru
Ok, I got a bit sidetracked with life, but I’m back, and we’re back to the Machu Picchu journey. Continue reading Tipón
Ok, so Písaq really took my breath away, but I just had to start out this phlog with that boy´s face, whom I photographed at the ruins.
The Sacred Valley. Continue reading El Valle Sagrado
Inca construction is so precise, so well made, that to this day it is still impossible to even fit a piece of paper between two stones.
What a cool city, way up high in the Andes Mountains, so rich in culture and history. Continue reading Cusco
I think more so than the magnificent, literally awe-inspiring Inca ruins, it was the people that got me. I mean, they’re just fascinating! Their clothes, customs, conduct…everything about them!
El Norte Grande. The altiplano, where like anywhere, the natives were here long before the lines were drawn. They’re hard people, built for a life of harsh conditions, but they´re also so very lovely. One thing for sure, Western culture definitely has a heavy hand in their lives. This is unavoidable. Continue reading Volcán Isluga
Photos of Colchane, a little Chilean town on the Chile-Bolivia border in El Norte Grande.
So high, that when I did this: Continue reading 4,351 Meters Above Sea Level
