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Eric Fichtl

WELCOME

Thank you for visiting. This website features my photography and writing. Learn a bit more about me.

<p>'Memory' and 'vote blank' – two slogans summarising popular exasperation with the post-dictatorship Argentine political landscape. <br /></p>
PHOTOS

Here is a random sample of my photos. Visit my galleries for many more.


<p>A zebra strikes a noble pose.</p>
<p>People gather around a statue of Hong Kong film idol Bruce Lee. <br /></p>
<p>An autumn afternoon on Berlin's Oderberger Strasse.<br /></p>
<p>Two giraffes browsing for a meal. They're considered 'browsers' as they eat leaves, rather than grazing on grasses.</p>
<p>A baby bathes in a plastic bucket. The child's family had been displaced by flooding and they were living in makeshift shelters on a plaza near the national congress.</p>
<p>Lago Escondido at dusk.</p>
<p>Hong Kong has the world's best skyline (and as a former Chicagoan and New Yorker I can say that). By night, the city's standout skyscrapers illuminate in a choreography of colour while thousands of flats add a galaxy of twinkling lights. Fast moving weather patterns and the faint outline of the Peak further enhance the scene. Here's just some of that mesmerising vista of Central shot from Kowloon.</p>
<p>Commuters emerge from one of Chicago's metro stations into a dark night.</p>
TEXTS

A lot of what I write professionally carries no by-line. Here are some of the works I have put my name to.

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Times Square Record Mart: Universidad de Música Latina

A quick take on the legendary record shop in Times Square Subway station, just before it closed...
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An Introduction to the Third Sector in Hong Kong: Historical Developments and Current Outlook

A brief history of Hong Kong’s nonprofit sector, examining the parallel development of Chinese and Western charities as well as local philanthropy.
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Washington Has Lost Its Way in Colombia

Evidence from Putumayo, as well as the streets of U.S. cities, make clear that the fumigation campaign is a monumental failure.