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Eric Fichtl
<p>Fishermen sell their catch near the port in Sozopol, Bulgaria.</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 out into the Venice lagoon on a winter day.<br /></p>
<p>A view of the fast-changing rainy season weather, somewhere in the Timorese central highlands.</p>
<p>This little guy (he is a male) was up atop Table Mountain. Such a colourful species!</p>
<p>A gang of miniature Beethovens wait to be placed in formation by a worker. Part of Bonn's commemoration of the 250th anniversary of its famous son's birth, the Beethoven statues were later put up for 'adoption'. I like mine very much. </p>
<p>An old street sign in Marrakech's Guéliz quarter preserves the name of Yugoslavia, a country that is no longer with us. The street has carried the name since Moroccan independence in 1956. Previously, it had also been associated with the Balkan state – named Rue Alexandre 1er to commemorate the Yugoslav king gunned down in the streets of Marseille in 1934. <br /></p> <p>I'm still undecided if that is some sort of tribute to Yugoslavia's passing scratched into the concrete around the sign.</p>
<p>Passengers wait on the perfectly parallel platforms of Bruxelles-Nord station.</p>
<p>Greenhouses form an abstract pattern in a valley more than a stone's throw away.</p>
<p>A view of the village of Hov.</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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The Massacre at Betoyes

An armed group attacked the indigenous Guahibo community at Betoyes. Who was it?
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Civilian “Collaborators” in Colombia’s Conflict

Though press reports often cite deaths of civilian collaborators, what qualifies as “collaboration” is rarely explored by mainstream coverage.
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The Ambiguous Nature of “Collaboration” in Colombia

Most Colombians have done something that might result in them being labeled a collaborator or sympathizer by one of Colombia’s armed groups.