Month: October 2015

Guatemala highlands

Guatemala highlands. Formidable mountain ranges prevented the Spanish from too much incursion into the Maya highlands in their conquest of the Americas. Personally I’ve never witnessed a culture more resistant to extinction than the Maya. They’ve hung on to their various languages, their agrarian roots, and distinct dress, which varies from one town to another. …

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Broertjes Geert – 1 Year

Broertjes Geert 1 Year I have a strong desire to photograph everything that’s happening around me. I do it for myself as a diary but also to translate my reality into images. And finally to create a new reality with those images, a fictional story with events that really happened. The mood shown in my …

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Guanajuato

One thing I’ve been forced to learn how to do is to focus,compose, and shoot while under the heavy influence of alcohol. Here in Guanajuato, Mexico it’s like 6am and I’ve just taken my last of heaven knows how many shots of tequila and I’m literally flat on my back by the campfire. It’s just …

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Retro

Retro. My first major story outside the U.S. for NatGeo was a 56 page essay on the Maya culture in both Guatamala and Mexico. This story changed me forever and I have remained attached to all the Spanish cultures ever since. This from Solola overlooking Lake Atitlan in the Guatamala highlands. ‪#‎guatamala‬ ‪#‎maya‬ ‪#‎lakeatitlan‬

Goodbye

Dasha has been a terrific subject/story for me the last three weeks. Yet she’s here to work . She helped run a workshop in New York. She got more pictures into my Magnum archive than anyone prior. A fanatic worker. Thanks Dasha for the pictures and mostly for the good vibes . Last night’s rooftop …

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Self portrait

Howdy friendly folk, this is @zambereileen, from the mountains of southern Oregon. My time here on @burndiary is drawing near the end and soon I will retreat back into my private life with my family in the mountains. But before I sign off, I’ve decided to share a self portrait so you can assign a …

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Foxy

Howdy Folks, this is @zambereileen, with my sweet labrador Foxy, posting together from the mountains of Southern Oregon. Who agrees that life is richer with a dog by your side? They are constant, steady companions whose only wish is a bowl full of food and to be by our sides. Foxy is a vital member …

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Back in NY

I’m back in New York and shooting around my building. A never ending source. A small town in a big city. I’m shooting everyone and everything knowing full well my apartment building does not have a long future. All must pass. Today in New York was the most spectacular weather in a city of extreme …

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Esmé Rose

Howdy Folks, this is @zambereileen, posting from the mountains of Southern Oregon. Our lives are painted by perspective. We each view the world through our own cultural lens, judging what is beautiful (and what is not) based on the palette of our lives. I urge my children to view life through wide open eyes. To …

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