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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>Neglect takes its toll on a mausoleum in the Recoleta Cemetery. <br /></p>
<p>Emerging into the light outside the Kremlin.</p>
<p>A momentary spotlight of sunshine illuminates the winding road out of Funningur.</p>
<p>Window-shopping on a winter evening in Maxvorstadt.</p>
<p>Two jackals conversing.<br /></p>
<p>The buzz of Calle Florida, in central Buenos Aires, Argentina.</p>
<p>A characterful old house in the Hanseatic city of Stralsund.</p>
<p>The transition from farm fields to high-rise blocks is sudden on some approaches to Sofia.</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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Horse Meat Scandal: Food Transparency in Focus

Mixed-up meats raise uncomfortable questions about our food regulatory regime
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Times Square Record Mart: Universidad de Música Latina

A quick take on the legendary record shop in Times Square Subway station, just before it closed...
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On Jacobo Timerman's 'Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number'

A powerful memoir of the Argentine junta's crimes, ripe with lessons for our present period of strongmen and 'friendly fascism'.