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Eric Fichtl
<p>'Memory' and 'vote blank' – two slogans summarising popular exasperation with the post-dictatorship Argentine political landscape. <br /></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>Portrait of Dominique</p>
<p>An inviting trail.<br /></p>
<p>Friends playing football in the streets of Langa.</p>
<p>Morning breaks over the ruins of the mountaintop fortress at Calascio.</p>
<p>An evocative underpass in Dortmund.</p>
<p>A farmer's harvest.<br /></p>
<p>A family poses for a portrait in Tiananmen Square. </p>
<p>A Parisian carries precious baguettes through the glassy La Défense district. </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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On Robert Skidelsky's 'Keynes: The Return of the Master'

Skidelsky offers an accessible introduction to the work of John Maynard Keynes
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Other or One of Us? Bulgaria’s Attempt to Assimilate Its Ethnic Turks

In the mid 1980s the Bulgarian Communist Party systematically sought to erase the identity of the largest ethnic minority in the state. Why?
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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