Archive for 'Into the wild'
Ecuador, my first time out of the country
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Max.
Ecuador was the place I decided to travel on my very first trip outside the country. Enchanting and beautiful place. I wasn’t so young but since I was there, I believe it was the first soundest experience I have ever had. We travelled from Chile by bus, crossing the north of both Chile and Peru, [...]
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San Pedro de Atacama, the desert never was so alive
Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by Max.
For many years I left things for the next day. San Pedro de Atacama was one of them. This desert is probably one of the most visited areas in Chile, however, I never had the time or maybe found the moment to go see it. After being there, I can certainly say that any excuse [...]
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Buenos Aires coast, the beauty of the wetlands
Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by Max.
In the southern coast of the Buenos Aires Province, there is a river called Samborombon. This river forms an incredible wetland, which is crucial for the whole marine and estuarine ecosystem. This is a place where endemic dolphins, deers, and other animals and fauna live and build its homes in land and water. Moreover, the [...]
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Guayaquil, Salinas and Anconcito
Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by Max.
This is the area where the Humboldt Current ends, a place dominated by the influence of the Guayas’ River. Good food, nice people, beautiful places… as always in Ecuador. Have a look to one of the most important artisanal coves for fishermen of the country Anconcito, struggling with the poverty but always with a good [...]
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Galapagos, volcanoes of life
Posted on 30. Aug, 2009 by Max.
There is a place in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a place with an amazing biodiversity, a place that makes us understand where we are all coming from. It is a place that show us a bit more sense of part of the nature. But more than anything, this island is a place full [...]
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Antarctica; boiling life
Posted on 30. Aug, 2009 by Max.
There is a whole continent outside our mind, full of dreams, dreams of adventure and conquest. Indeed, Antarctica is a place almost outside of our world. Amazing landscape, full of life everywhere……so much, that you will never understand how all these animals can live there. There is so much to learn…
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Southern Chile; forest, whales and so much to see
Posted on 30. Aug, 2009 by Max.
In many ways this is the place where I belong, this is the place where the song of the birds make my life and the whales and dolphins are playing with the forest. The voice of my father still teaching me the names of the trees, always making love in the woods, between the bushes [...]
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Morocco, the door to the Sahara
Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by Max.
Long time ago, I went to Morocco…and we drove until we found the highest dunes in the world. I re-discovered the desert as a place of life. A place as Paul Bowles said, “where the sky is the only way, a place where all our gods live”. A pastor is coming with his animals in [...]
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Black and white
Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by Max.
The classics black and white never dies. The more I take pictures in this format, the more I feel this is the way to develop the most magical photography, the mystical sense, which is the most basic…light.
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Caura, in the border of the Venezuela’s Amazon
Posted on 29. Aug, 2009 by Max.
Caura is the second biggest River contribution to the Orinoco River. This watershed; born in the mountains, in the border with Brazil, in the middle of the jungle. It is consider one of the most pristine rivers and regions, where the mining industry is still no longer allowed. This travel was mainly to get a [...]