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Eric Fichtl
<p>A pair of hikers heading toward the Sas de Pütia / Peitlerkofel peak, visible during a brief clearing in the mists and clouds that were whipping around up there. </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>Balconies front a modern block on Berlin's Behmstraße.</p>
<p>A woman drawing a bow. Sculpture outside the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.<br /></p>
<p>An inviting trail.<br /></p>
<p>A sculpture with an impassive gaze watches the world go by.</p>
<p>Sandy is an elephant I spent a week hanging out with in Thailand. She was a graceful old lady!</p>
<p>'Memory' and 'vote blank' – two slogans summarising popular exasperation with the post-dictatorship Argentine political landscape. <br /></p>
<p>Three elephants curl their trunks and eat in sync.</p>
<p>Portrait of Dave at campsite after a day's hike.</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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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'.
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Contested Country: An Examination of Current Propaganda Techniques in the Colombian Civil War

In recent years the Colombian state and security forces have deployed the most elaborate propaganda campaigns in the rural sector.