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Eric Fichtl
<p>Fishermen sell their catch near the port in Sozopol, Bulgaria.</p>

Thanks for visiting. This website features my photography, writing, and a bit about me.

PHOTOS

Here is a random sample of my photos. Visit my galleries for many more.


<p>A person out for a night stroll in Manhattan.</p>
<p>A walk in a forest reveals a sort of swamp amid the trees. <br /></p>
<p>A solitary tree in the vast spaces of Kruger National Park.</p>
<p>A woman washing clothes on a winter morning in Langa. </p>
<p>A beautiful view of Guanajuato, from a rather perfectly placed bar, El Gallo Pitagórico. <br /></p><p>I'm still proud of this photo from my early days shooting a manual SLR – nailing the exposure with film in this sort of light was much trickier than with modern digital cameras.</p>
<p>Porteños relaxing in Parque Lezama.</p>
<p>A baby bathes in a plastic bucket. The child's family had been displaced by flooding and they were living in makeshift shelters on a plaza near the national congress.</p>
<p>Two jackals go from 'conversation' to chasing each other in an instant.</p>
TEXTS

A lot of what I write professionally carries no byline. Here are some of the works I have put my name to.

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Washington’s Colombian Habit

Just what are U.S. taxpayers getting for the billions of dollars spent in Colombia?
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The Ambiguous Nature of “Collaboration” in Colombia

Most Colombians have done something that might result in them being labeled a collaborator or sympathizer by one of Colombia’s armed groups.
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Looking Back: Seventeen Years Since the El Mozote Massacre

Over 700 defenseless peasants were brutally murdered by a Salvadoran batallion that received U.S. military training and supplies.