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Eric Fichtl
<p>Two well-armed national police officers patrol the streets of Tame, passing sun-beaten election murals for the then-mayor.</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 band of musicians performs in a churchyard in Puebla, Mexico.</p>
<p>A gracefully dilapidated house still shows its charms.</p>
<p>A confident claim in an alcove along the Spree.<br /></p>
<p>Soldiers from the Colombian Army's Navos Pardo Battalion, based at Tame in the eastern Colombian state of Arauca. Tasked with securing the town and surrounding countryside against guerrilla and paramilitary presence, members of the battalion were implicated in a massacre at the indigenous reserve of Betoyes in May 2003. <br /></p>
<p>Two fishermen collect a trap, with the crustaceans inside doomed to a dinner plate that evening.</p>
<p>Layers of facade gradually eroding from a building in Prague.<br /></p>
<p>Sheep graze near Cape Arkona, on the German island of Rügen.</p>
<p>A momentary spotlight of sunshine illuminates the winding road out of Funningur.</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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Araucan Nightmare: Life and Death in Tame

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