Documentary Photography & Storytelling
Barichara is considered the most beautiful town in Colombia, and it's easy to see why. Here are my favourite photos from my first visit to Barichara in May 2022. PORTRAITS ā¢ BARICHARA ā¢ GUANE Portraits Barichara Guane Guane is an even smaller town that can be reached by walking 5.5 km from Barichara along the… Continue reading Barichara, Santander
Ever since I first visited New York City in the spring of 2015, I've been dreaming of going back. And in the summer of 2021, life conspired to take me back for three weeks. Despite losing a couple of days due to Hurricane Henri and my second COVID-19 shot, I made the most of my… Continue reading New York City 2021
I probably have thousands of photos of the Tayrona region in Colombia's northern Caribbean coast but have barely posted any of them. It's on my to-do list, I swear! For now, I wanted to share the latest photos I took in March of 2022 of the wild, tropical territory that expands beyond Tayrona National Park… Continue reading Tayrona 2022
En febrero de 2022 visitĆ© a Cartagena y las Islas del Rosario por primera vez desde el 2015. RecorrĆ sus calles antiguas, admirando sus fachadas coloridas y sus ventanas cargadas de flores; me quedĆ© en el barrio de GetsemanĆ y conocĆ el Mercado de Bazurto donde saboreĆ© un delicioso almuerzo tradicional. PasĆ© unos dĆas en… Continue reading Cartagena de Indias
Estos collages digitales fueron inspirados por el taller Una Vida Creativa por Carolina Chavate (@carolinachavate) en El Open Space en MedellĆn el 12 de mayo de 2022. Las lĆneas de los poemas son ajenas igual que la mayorĆa de las imĆ”genes cortadas. Las fotografĆas son mĆas. Arte Digital
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TomƩ estas fotos de un grupo de pescadores en la playa de Sisiguaka en Taganga, Magdalena, en octubre de 2018. I took these photos of a group of fishermen at Sisiguaka beach in Taganga, Magdalena, in October 2018. Portraits
A few photos of my last visit to St. Petersburg, Florida, in the summer of 2021, and its charming Floridian architecture, including the iconic Don Cesar Hotel. Travel Photography
I always thought Iād be dead by thirty-five. I donāt know where this fixation came from, what triggered it, or why I believed it, but the imagined certainty that I wouldnāt live to see forty defined my 20s and early 30s in a very real way. My friends in university would tell me to stop… Continue reading Thirty-Five
There are things beyond our control. Things that force us to change our plans, to be flexible and spontaneous, things that humble us, that remind us that the world keeps spinning regardless of what weāre going through, things that make the impossible possible and the possible impossible. These unpredictable factors are known as force majeureāa… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: Force Majeure
Laura Restrepo Ortega 