Documentary Photography & Storytelling
Fotografías de la Feria de Diseño y Arte Local, El Santo Mercadito Tropical, en Palomino, Guajira, el sábado 4 de abril de 2015./Photographs of the Local Design and Art Fair, The Holy Tropical Market, in Palomino, Guajira, on Saturday 4th of April, 2015. Había varias marcas de arte y diseño representadas ofreciendo prendas de vestir, joyas,… Continue reading Mercadito Tropical Palomino
Sunrise in Santa Marta / Amanecer en Santa Marta / Colombia – 02/04/15 Back to Photography GIFs / Regresa a GIFs de Fotografía All GIFs made with / Todos los GIFs hechos con http://www.makeagif.com
Ok, my first sunrise video is ready! Sped up from its original two-and-a-half-minute running time, you can now watch the sun rising behind the cloudy Sierra Nevada mountains that surround Santa Marta. I'm blaming the shaking on the wind. Bueno, mi primer video del amanecer está listo! Acelerado desde el tiempo original de dos minutos… Continue reading Sunrise over Santa Marta 31.03.15 – video
Sunrise in Santa Marta / Amanecer en Santa Marta / Colombia - 28/03/15 Back to Photography GIFs / Regresa a GIFs de Fotografía All GIFs made with / Todos los GIFs hechos con http://www.makeagif.com
Colombia's Pacific coast is a jungle-covered stretch of mountainous land, adorned with rocky bays and pristine rivers flowing down to the warm ocean.
I went on a birdwatching roadtrip with my Dad, travelling south from Medellín to the Coffee Region of the Colombian Andes. Mi Papá y yo nos fuimos de viaje por carretera en búsqueda de aves para fotografiar, saliendo de Medellín, continuando hacia el sur y el Eje Cafetero en los Andes colombianos. We climbed the… Continue reading Short (Travel) Story: Andean Roadtrip / Los Andes por Carretera
In May 2014, I had the opportunity to return to the Colombian Amazon, this time working as a translator for a documentary film on mining and the significance of gold for the indigenous ethnic groups of the Yaigoje-Apaporis territory and National Natural Park.
Walking through the dense, virgin jungles of Colombia's Pacific coast is no easy task, but it's entirely worth climbing Carrizalito, a mount whose peak is under 300 masl, to see the colourful and poisonous Kokoi Frogs (Dendrobates histrionicus) in their natural habitat.
Nuestro recorrido de seis horas de Santa Marta a Santa Cruz de Mompox nos llevó desde las bahías de la costa Caribe hasta las sabanas del río Magdalena, oscilando entre los departamentos del Magdalena, el Cesar y nuestro destino en el sur del Bolívar.
Santa Cruz de Mompox, once an important commercial hub which now seems to be trapped by the humidity and the slow-moving time, was founded in 1537 and named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995.
Laura Restrepo Ortega 