Month: July 2017

Morning light

Some morning colors in Puerto Narino, Colombia. Charles Mordret @canadienerrant

Santander Park

Night in Santander Park, Leticia, Colombia /Charles Mordret @canadienerrant

Fun in the mud

Teenagers having fun in the mud. End of afternoon in Santa-Rosa, the village facing Leticia, on the Peruvian side of the Amazon. /Charles Mordret @canadienerrant

Companion

Our companion in the forest. I hear very interesting stories about the relationship between humans and their dogs in some native cultures. In some of them young dogs are forced to absorb a very strong purgative tobacco concoction in order to be pure of bad spirits and tough enough for the hostile environment. Some others …

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5pm

Parrots by thousands and some children. Today 5PM. Leticia, Colombia. / Charles Mordret @canadienerrant

Segundo

I asked Segundo, my Peruvian guide, to show me the jewels of his forest, particularly the trees targeted by illegal loggers. He stopped on our way to show me a specimen of the tallest of Amazonia, the millenial Ceiba, king of all trees. I had in mind while adjusting my camera what Napoleon said to …

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Leticia

Good morning it’s Charles Mordret @canadienerrant posting from Leticia, the Colombian capital of Amazonia. A minute after I took this photo in front of my guesthouse, just as I am writing this, a very heavy rain started. I’ll stick to my plan of going to walk in the forest on the Peruvian side as my …

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American family

From my project/exhibition “American Family”. Photo shot Charlottesville, Va. on Tr-X film with Mamiya VII

Couple

Avalon fishing pier. Outer Banks NC. 7-7-17. Ain’t no landmark down here on this island more unique than Avalon. The clay court crowd don’t come here. It just wouldn’t work. What I like about these folks is they just don’t give a shit what anybody thinks. Really don’t. Some locals think the Avalon is where …

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Lil fisherman

  Skim boarder races for the waves as his father baits the hook. Outer Banks NC 7-4-17