The Cabildo and Plaza de Mayo. A strange mix of tourists, office workers and history gather at this most famous spot of Buenos Aires. The city’s story seems to breath in every corner and if you close your eyes you might find yourself hundreds of years ago when this was unknown territory, inhabited by natives, …
“This is Major Tom to Ground Control.I’m stepping through the doorand I’m floating in a most peculiar way and the stars look very different today.” (David Bowie) I have seen a movie about cosmic collisions in the Planetarium in Buenos Aires. How little important we are, just some spot on a huge map of little …
The last photo Nancy has of her father was in frond of this trees. He was a metal worker and the trees are in the backyard of an old factory. And it’s the place where she feels close to him. Today I accompanied her to take these photos for my series. It was partially clouded …
Lawrence Sumulong Burying the Lead Following Typhoon Haiyan, 60 Filipino families were forced to move into Leyte Provincial Jail after being left homeless and destitute. For close to a year, they lived alongside their incarcerated relatives, some of whom were accused of rape and homicide. I gained access to the prison and verified that families …
Like every country also Argentina has it’s dark spots in history. This is Nancy. She’s a daughter of one of the 30000 ‘desaparecidos’, missing persons from Argentina’s dictatorship from 1976-83. She was 12 years old when her father José was abducted, a rifle put in her stomach because she won’t stop screaming by an uniformed …
A woman goes for a walk with her baby in the afternoon sun in the city center of Buenos Aires, being observed by a stencil. In autumn, sun draws large heavy shadows that seem to swallow the people walking through the streets. This is Sarah Pabst, @_sarahpabst_ for @burndiary showing you fragments of my life …
“Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this throw the raft away.” (Jack Kerouac) Love makes you vulnerable. At a certain age we all wear our backpack of broken stories, damaged hopes and little wounds time has given us through the experience of life. When we meet someone, we …
“Since I have been born I’ve slept more than a 10000 times but I’ve never dreamt of flying.” That’s how a Japanese movie starts that we saw the other night. And I noticed that I never dreamt of flying. When night falls I stand on our balcony and watch the city calm down. Only the …
Rain stopped and sun came out again. Buenos Aires is so beautiful. Even after two years I still enjoy wandering the streets. Before I lived in the south of the city which is more traditional and less rich. I miss this part of it, the typical cafés and old buildings. I am Sarah Pabst, @_sarahpabst_ …
I had a wonderful dream this night. I can barely remember what happened but I was with my grandmother. She died 6 years ago. I could see her perfectly, her voice, she was so close. I somehow managed to visualize her as I am trying every day in daylight but memory vanishes. It might be …
