Still No Peace In Colombia (PHOTOS)
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Colombian refugees and internally displaced people are the frequently forgotten victims of the nearly 50-year-long conflict between paramilitaries, guerillas, and the Colombian military and security forces.
Over the years I have collected various seed pods as I ran across them in various travels and swap meets. Their size alone is astonishing.
World's Fairs typically were used by the hosting city as a reason to develop an urban site that was previously unused. Some of these sites were marshes, forests, or simply sprawling fields. A lot of my photographs examine a return to nature as weeds and plants would overgrow the exposition pavilions; in many cases, there was no real concrete proof that this huge event ever took place, except for the magnificent park that was developed as a direct result.
I like abstracting the human figure in images. No faces, no hands, no feet that tend to work against the abstraction of curves and lines.
There I was, brand new entry-level dSLR in hand, ready and willing to learn, expecting to come home with a memory card full of great pictures. All you need to do is use a fast shutter speed, right?
Christian Fuchs | Posted 05.29.2012