Category : Argentina

Dappled light on green wall, La Boca.

Street Art – La Boca, Buenos Aires

the port district of La Boca, home to a great deal of colourful street art.

green scarf graffiti Buenos Aires

Green scarf graffiti

I have mixed feelings about graffiti but consider it of interest where an issue or idea is expressed or genuine artistic ability is displayed. In this case the green scarf is a powerful symbol of an important social/political movement.

Mausoleum of General San Martín.

Cathedral in monochrome, Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral interior images lend themselves well to black and white.

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The Main Nave

Metropolitan Cathedral, Buenos Aires

One of the challenges in photographing the building interiors was the relatively low light levels and the need to shoot handheld.

Skylight, Recoleta Cemetery

Recoleta Cemetery

there is plenty to ponder and explore with textures, the play of light and shadow, reflections and, of course, the religious symbolism.

shattered view

Shattered view, Ushuaia

Was it a bullet or perhaps a stone from a slingshot that caused the effect? I’ll never know.

The graffitist’s lair

The building, with it’s roof long gone, had obviously become the playground of graffitists with their tags and discarded spray cans everywhere.

A smiling sea lion

Sea lion artwork, Ushuaia

enlivening an otherwise unremarkable wall

I’m a shipping container!

Smiley face shipping container

It hardly gets more banal than shipping containers on a waterfront, but in this case someone saw fit to paint a smilie face on the end of a container.

needs a tyre

Ferrari needs a tyre

Even a fairly banal, industrial, scene can be of photographic interest, especially if you look for the quirky.