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Eric Fichtl
<p>Children playing along Dili's waterfront after the daily rainstorm.</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>An esoteric message painted on the side of a truck in São Paulo, Brazil.</p>
<p>Cutting through the bullshit: 'I don't have Facebook, my life is real'</p>
<p>A view over misty hills, seen from a stretch of the Great Wall.</p>
<p>The light from sunrise coating the coast of Suðuroy.</p>
<p>Frangipani flowers floating in an ornamental basin.<br /></p>
<p>Lago Escondido at dusk.</p>
<p>Plaques expressing gratitude to Archbishop Oscar Romero fill a low wall outside the chapel where he was murdered. Renowned for his embrace of the poor, and an outspoken critic of the Salvadoran government and widespread human rights abuses in his country, Romero was shot and killed by right-wing death squads while conducting mass on 24 March 1980. <br /></p>
<p>A view of spires and towers in Quedlinburg on a winter's day.</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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The Massacre at Betoyes

An armed group attacked the indigenous Guahibo community at Betoyes. Who was it?
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On Nury Vittachi's 'North Wind'

Hong Kong writer Vittachi examines pressure on free speech during the 1997 handover from Britain to China
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Araucan Nightmare: Life and Death in Tame

An intimate portrait of a small town at war in Colombia's east.