Tag: cityscape

serene view from the ecological reserve in buenos aires mapes24

Foto Fridays: Serenity (Buenos Aires)

After spending any significant amount of time in a bustling metropolitan city, I’m generally dying to ‘get out’ for a bit.  Luckily, Buenos Aires has reserved an 865 acre tract of land for their Ecological Reserve. Though the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur is located just east of Puerto Madero, the area is large and remote enough to ...

Foto Fridays: Evita (Buenos Aires)

It is literally impossible to walk the streets of the capital without seeing some form of homage to the former first lady. Though it has now been 42 years since her death, it’s quite evident that Eva Perón continues to have a significant cultural influence on the city of Buenos Aires.

a steel flower sculpture aka Floralis Genérica found in buenos aires argentina

Foto Fridays: Floralis Genérica (Buenos Aires)

Located in the Plaza de las Naciones Unidas, the Floralis Genérica is a steel and aluminum sculpture that stands at 23 meters (75 feet) tall, and was designed by architect Eduardo Catalano to look like a flower with its six distinct ‘petals’. What make the steel flower unique is that it’s an automated sculpture controlled by ...

5 Reasons Why Barrio Santo Domingo Savio is an Awesome Place to Take Photos in Medellin (Colombia)

Even though it’s been years since Medellin renounced its title as ‘Most Violent City in the World’,  my friends in the U.S. still seem surprised to hear that I would want to go there again for a vacation. What I love about photography is that photos allow me to relay the beauty of a place in a ...