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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>Layers of facade gradually eroding from a building in Prague.<br /></p>
<p>This plant's bright orange flowers almost serve as a warning about the substantial thorns. Spotted in the Christoffelpark, a nature reserve home to Curaçao's highest point.</p>
<p>A sunrise view across the fjord looking toward the island of Eysturoy.</p>
<p>Snow, cold, and the early hour make for sparse traffic on Manhattan's Third Avenue.</p>
<p>Smoke and soccer in Soweto.</p>
<p>A solitary figure headed somewhere on a cold night.</p>
<p>Portrait of Caroline under a willow tree.</p>
<p>Sparse traffic on Avenida Santa Fe, shot from nine storeys above.<br /></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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Free Speech and the Limits of Tolerance: The Case of David Irving

Is it acceptable to impede the airing of unpopular ideas, or do we all lose out by trying to do so?
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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.