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Featured: 'Streets of La Paz, Bolivia (Life at Altitude)' by Luckypenguin
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Thanks everyone for looking and commenting. I'll try to respond to a few of your comments below.
They were everywhere too. It was harder to find a "normal" mannequin than a wacky one.
It almost seems weird that most of South America is actually a long way from North America. Our journey took us overland almost the whole way from Mexico City to Chile in Santiago. That part of the trip took almost five months.
Mi Español is malisimo, pero yo entiendo qué se dices (yo penso!). Muchas gracias, amigo!
I think you are correct about b&w vs colour. I am a big fan of b&w but I always favour presenting an image in colour because it is a more accurate representation of the scene.
If I remember correctly it was actually a type of puffed cereal!
As soon as the kids are all off to College I reckon a four year long trip around the world is in order. Don't laugh; we met an Australian guy in Colombia who was about three years into such an adventure. He'd go home every now and then but had spent most of the last few years on the road.
As much as street photography frustrates my aesthetic sense in that there is little control over composition, subject, and background, I find that it's value is in what you've described; the ability to record a place and a time.
Would you like your beef tongue dried or fresh :tongue:
There are certainly some analogs, although Cusco is certainly the smaller or the two. The following is a view over part of the city of La Paz
PGH1-P1100971-PR Panasonic GH1 La Paz Bolivia by Nic (Luckypenguin), on Flickr
They were everywhere too. It was harder to find a "normal" mannequin than a wacky one.
It almost seems weird that most of South America is actually a long way from North America. Our journey took us overland almost the whole way from Mexico City to Chile in Santiago. That part of the trip took almost five months.
Mi Español is malisimo, pero yo entiendo qué se dices (yo penso!). Muchas gracias, amigo!
I think you are correct about b&w vs colour. I am a big fan of b&w but I always favour presenting an image in colour because it is a more accurate representation of the scene.
Good observation, and one that I think is correct for a lot of developing countries that I have visited. The world is getting smaller and information easier to get, so the kids and young adults in cities like La Paz find themselves exposed to similar influences as those in western countries.
If I remember correctly it was actually a type of puffed cereal!
As soon as the kids are all off to College I reckon a four year long trip around the world is in order. Don't laugh; we met an Australian guy in Colombia who was about three years into such an adventure. He'd go home every now and then but had spent most of the last few years on the road.
As much as street photography frustrates my aesthetic sense in that there is little control over composition, subject, and background, I find that it's value is in what you've described; the ability to record a place and a time.
Would you like your beef tongue dried or fresh :tongue:
There are certainly some analogs, although Cusco is certainly the smaller or the two. The following is a view over part of the city of La Paz
PGH1-P1100971-PR Panasonic GH1 La Paz Bolivia by Nic (Luckypenguin), on Flickr
KillRamsey
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WOW. Cusco isn't a ton smaller, but I think you're right. Cusco also sprawls over both sides of a valley.
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This is only a small part of La Paz. It stretches around to the right and out of sight down the valley. Cusco of course is very much geared to servicing the tourist industry that surrounds Machu Picchu whereas La Paz remains somewhat ambivalent towards tourists.
