High up in the remote desert plains of the Bolivian altiplano lies a city whose unimaginable wealth and large-scale industrial exploitation once placed it at the heart of the South American continent. The silver deposits found in the hills of Cerro Rico provided the means and the inspiration for the industrialisation of Europe.
Conditions in the [...]

 
The monsoon rain finally arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal this week, on June 25. Some people cheered and laughed in the rain, before running for cover or bringing out their umbrellas. Over the next 4 month, 80-90% of the years “water supply” will arrive from the sky, since rainfall is the only source of water in [...]

This photo essay depicts the life of favelas, or shantytowns, in Rio, Brazil, as the communities are deteriorated by gang violence. I document how the violent climate affects the residents and even people outside of the favelas.

A boy in Cantagalo favela is on a fence , looking on the rich ipanema community.Rio, Jan 18 2008.

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In the middle of a drug cartel war, the inhabitants of the state of Chihuahua live in fear of violence that permeates the region. A record of more 2,400 executions took place in 2008. In just the first months of this year, approximately seventy-five police officers have lost their lives in the fight.
Chihuahua, the largest [...]

HAITI | FALL 2008
Since 1804, when it became the world’s first black republic after a successful slave revolt, Haiti has seen few periods of stability. Today the small Caribbean nation faces the most significant challenges of any country in the Western Hemisphere. In this failed state severe poverty, endemic corruption, high unemployment, pervasive hunger, and [...]

“Galegos na Diáspora” (”Galician diaspora”) is a long term documentary project started in 1989 and finished in 2009 about the exodus of thousands of Galicians, now based around the world. The author wants to give a tribute with his personal idea to the emigrants of Galicia. The journeys he covered includes: Europe, Américas, Asia and [...]