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Eric Fichtl

WELCOME

Thank you for visiting. This website features my photography and writing. Learn a bit more about me.

<p>Trees peek through the mist in Val di Funes – a great welcome for a day of hiking!<br /></p>
PHOTOS

Here is a random sample of my photos. Visit my galleries for many more.


<p>A dramatic view from Chapman's Peak across Hout Bay, on the Cape Peninsula.</p>
<p>Waves gently lap over the Fondamenta Cannaregio as people stroll by.<br /></p>
<p>A man arriving home in Havana.</p>
<p>A farmer carries some of his harvest through terraced paddies.</p>
<p>The undulating facade of Brandenburg Technical University's hi-tech IKMZ media library, designed by Herzog & de Meuron.</p>
<p>This little guy (he is a male) was up atop Table Mountain. Such a colourful species!</p>
<p>Guangzhou's Canton Tower (formerly the self-defining TV Astronomical and Sightseeing Tower) is a twisting geometric latticework that climbs to a frightening 462 metres. Designed by Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit, it topped out in 2011 and lights up in a swirling rainbow of colours every night.</p>
<p>People and vehicles negotiate the quasi-controlled chaos of a broad intersection in Shanghai.<br /></p>
TEXTS

A lot of what I write professionally carries no by-line. Here are some of the works I have put my name to.

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El Equipo

Bernardo Ruiz's documentary explores the origins and impact of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF)
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The Fair Trade Movement in Historical Perspective: Explaining the 'In and Against the Market' Predicament

Despite tensions, idealist and realist fair traders continue to build a system of trade that rejects the narrow conventional focus on “economic man”.
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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.