Street Corner - San Telmo

Day 6,571

Old man smoking on the 9 de Julio en Microcentro.

Day Two

Riding the 'D' Line Subte or subway downtown.

Day One

Puente Transbordador, officially inaugurated in 1914, with colorful wooden row boats ferrying passengers back and forth across the Riachuelo. La Boca, Buenos Aires.

Futbol Revolucion

San Juan y Defensa - San Telmo

San Telmo Street

The Benjster

Owner of DesNivel Parilla in the Snow

First Snow in Buenos Aires in 89 Years

Installation Art at the Architects Museum

Iglesia de Pilar en Recoleta with Tommy

No Parking

Random Fotos...

The Benj

“He’s a Caniche, they’re very smart dogs,” says my neighbor Nat before fleeing from her two and a half year old fluffy buddy Benji for a big month-long thirtieth birthday retreat back to her motherland of London, England. A week into Benj’s rehab, after getting him onto Cesar Milan’s program – exercise, discipline and then affection, always in that order - I discover that ‘Caniche’ is really just Poodle in Spanish.

So here I am, walking this little self-minded poodle, enlisting my entire war chest of dog whispering skills, training and practices. Even as I type, every hint of sound out in our courtyard triggers a nasty low-level growl and then several staccato ear-piercing barks. NO! But his apparent deafness is diminishing and peace is quickly restored, on to better days ahead.

He’s almost house trained, walks well alongside me on the lead and is beginning to ‘hear me’ in the plaza or park when he’s not busy smelling every leaf, tree, park bench, trash can and each and every patch of grass in between. He’s even learning to play poker.

Speaking of poker, there is a rumor that Steven Seagal will grace the South American Explorers Club, BA chapter, this Wednesday night for their weekly Texas Hold ‘Em game… might have to make this one, Ninja-like.

Geo-Inspired Twilight Portraits

Watching 'The Photographers' DVD about 5 different National Geographic photographers and their quest to cover the globe, chasing those great illusive images, I realized that they incorporate many off-camera flash techniques to achieve new, interesting perspectives on their subjects. These were shot last night with my friends and neighbors on our rooftop here in San Telmo.

Boca Wins Again - Campiones Copa Libertador!!

Buenos Aires Auto Show - HOT!

When did chicks are cars NOT go together? But here, even the uniforms scream FASHION!

Los Cartoneros y Modelos

These photos are part of an on-going series about Cartoneros - the men, woman and children who religiously hit the streets of Buenos Aires to sort, collect recycle and then sell anything they find of value in our trash. It lies somewhere between fashion and documentary - street theatre - addressing the contrast of their lives against ours, a mixing of elements and emotions and themes, like scenes from movies that don't exist, commenting on the absurdity of life as we know it at times.

Untitled - Ziggy Stardust Inspired

Model - Arnaud Saloman

Thanks to many people who helped me with this project thus far in its various stages of ideas, especially friends who posed as 'models'. Special thanks to Tommy Abad for his patience and guidence with the lighting. Mostly, thanks to the friendly and wildly curious cartoneros who welcomed us wholeheartedly and enjoyed working on the project, calling it 'art'. This project is dedicated to them.

These photos are currently on display in San Telmo, Buenos Aires at Cafe Pride - corner of Pasaje Guiffre @ Balcarce (on the corner from my crib) for the next two months.

Untitled - Alejandra y Los Cartoneros

Modelo - Alejandra Dominguez

Space Invadors - Stealing Their Trash

Suzi Smithson as a Space Woman, here in Buenos Aires to steal the Cartoneros trash.

Gaucho Cartotraficante

Shot in front of the mural at Paseo Colon and San Juan titled 'The Education of Slavery'. Modelo - Irina. Photo by Tommy Abad

Untitled - Paseo Colon y Independencia, San Telmo

'Tomando Sol'

Boca, Boca, BOCA!!!

I won't go into the lenghty details of last night's Boca game at the Bombonera against Gremio from Brazil, the first of two games to decide the champion for the Copa Libertadores but it did involve fireworks, smoke bombs, druken Indians, riot cops, tear gas, rubber bullets, a lot of dodging of flying rocks, bottles, cans, sticks and bands of distraught and angry Brazilan fans, trapping us between barricades of cops at both ends of the street in the middle of a full-on street war. But Boca won, 3-0!

Gardening, Yoga and Chance

All key elements to Hal Ashby's brilliant film 'Being There', starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine in what was to be Sellers last and perhaps best role besides 'Strangelove'. If you haven't seen it, it's a total winner.

When pressed for answers, Chance the Gardener aka Chauncey Gardener (Sellers) simply replies, "I like to watch," as he continues flipping channels on the TV. The final line from the film sums it up best: "Life is a state of mind."

- Late night post after a late night video screening but had to comment, briefly