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Eric Fichtl
<p>Trees peek through the mist in Val di Funes – a great welcome for a day of hiking!<br /></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>Vines and a tree gradually reclaim a colonial era building in Jakarta's historic core.</p>
<p>Gentle peaks reflect in a reedy lake.<br /></p>
<p>A rhinoceros rests by a bush. Often poached for their horns, most species of rhinoceros are considered critically endangered. I believe this one to be a Southern white rhinoceros, the most common species – but even its numbers have dwindled to some 17,000 individuals. </p>
<p>A mobile worker in a modern space, or perhaps someone just relaxing.</p>
<p>A man on a balcony in central Havana.</p>
<p>Night and day in transition on an icy Chicago morning.<br /></p>
<p>A weather-worn wooden cross in the British Cemetery on Corfu. </p>
<p>A view of the Menara, a pavilion that dates from the 16th Century and sometimes served as a sultan's summer quarters. </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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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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Araucan Nightmare: Life and Death in Tame

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