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Eric Fichtl
<p>A woman waits at a level crossing in Buenos Aires.</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 view over the village of Oyrarbakki. </p>
<p>A view of the trees and peaks near Rila Monastery. </p>
<p>A street scene in the former colonial core of Jakarta, known as Batavia under the Dutch.</p>
<p>A mural in San Salvador depicts the suffering and scale of the 1979-1992 civil war that had concluded in a peace agreement just a few years earlier.</p>
<p>A dog determined to make up ground on the party ahead.</p>
<p>Perquín, a town in the Morazán department of El Salvador, was a key stronghold of the FMLN guerrillas during the Salvadoran civil war of the 1980s. Today it hosts a museum dedicated to their revolutionary efforts.</p>
<p>Waiting to cross 27th Street in the rain.<br /></p>
<p>'Your car pollutes my world'. A clear message on a Buenos Aires bench.</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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Washington Has Lost Its Way in Colombia

Evidence from Putumayo, as well as the streets of U.S. cities, make clear that the fumigation campaign is a monumental failure.
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Horse Meat Scandal: Food Transparency in Focus

Mixed-up meats raise uncomfortable questions about our food regulatory regime