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Eric Fichtl
<p>A pair of hikers heading toward the Sas de Pütia / Peitlerkofel peak, visible during a brief clearing in the mists and clouds that were whipping around up there. </p>

Thanks for visiting. This website features my photography, writing, and a bit about me.

PHOTOS

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


<p>Two jackals conversing.<br /></p>
<p>Fields of varying patterns (and crop circles?!) near Stonehenge. </p>
<p>Commuters emerge from one of Chicago's metro stations into a dark night.</p>
<p>A giraffe and a zebra share a moment.</p>
<p>An old man drags timber back toward his village at the foot of the Balkan Mountains. <br /></p>
<p>A meta call to arms in Athens' Exarcheia district, referencing <em>La Marseillaise</em> via Serge Gainsbourg.</p>
<p>A fallen tree in the forests between Buckow and Müncheberg.</p>
<p>Sunbeams and a cloud inversion in Abruxzo</p>
TEXTS

A lot of what I write professionally carries no byline. 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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On Jacobo Timerman's 'Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number'

A powerful memoir of the Argentine junta's crimes, ripe with lessons for our present period of strongmen and 'friendly fascism'.
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Araucan Nightmare: Life and Death in Tame

An intimate portrait of a small town at war in Colombia's east.