Fine Art & Documentary Photography
Being born in Colombia —a violent and lovely land of duality, of rancid poetry, marvellous heartbreak, impossible beauty, and sequestered abundance— is a curse. On the one hand, it’s a magical, fertile, lush kingdom filled with wonders and beauty. From the Amazon Rainforest to the Caribbean Sea, from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean,… Continue reading The Colombian Curse: A Love Letter to my Country
San Andrés, Providencia & Santa Catalina is a small tropical archipelago located in the Caribbean Sea over 700 km north of Colombia's mainland.
Located near the city of Santa Marta in Colombia's northern Caribbean coast, Bahía Concha, which literally means Seashell Bay, is part of the Tayrona National Natural Park.
Carnaval in Barranquilla is over-saturated in the most beautiful way, as it's made up of hot sunshine, a cloudless blue dome above, loud costumes, pounding music, and a fascinating array of characters stemming from folkloric stories, traditional dances, popular culture, and the complex history of the region. I was only there for one day this… Continue reading Carnaval de Barranquilla 2017
Photographs of Colombia’s Caribbean coast, from Santa Marta and its beautiful beaches in the north to the islands near Cartagena and popular tourist spot, Tolu further south.
As 2015 comes to a close here in Belém, on Brazil's north-east, I sat by the Amazon River to think about the past year and all the amazing places I was lucky enough to visit. I've been so blessed to do what I love and spend it with the people I love this year, so… Continue reading Best of 2015 Travels
La Guajira es un lugar mágico que he visitado en múltiples ocasiones desde el 2011, cada vez yendo más al norte, adentrándome más en su desierto de arena naranja donde sólo crecen cáctus y el viento azota la península con una fuerza incansable./Guajira is a magical place I have visited on multiple occasions now since… Continue reading Guajira: Viaje al Fin del Continente / Journey to the Edge of the Continent
Tayrona National Natural Park, located in Colombia's Magdalena department on the northern Caribbean coast, is one of the country's most popular parks. /El Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona, ubicado en el departamento del Magdalena en la costa norte del Caribe colombiano, es uno de los parques más populares del país. Travellers usually begin their journey to… Continue reading PNN Tayrona
Bolivar is a province in Colombia's Caribbean coast and one of the country's most popular destinations thanks to its beautiful beaches and islands and cities like Cartagena and Mompox. Photos taken between 2011 and 2015./Bolívar es un departamento en la costa Caribe de Colombia y uno de los destinos turísticos más populares del país gracias… Continue reading Barú & Cartagena
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
Laura Restrepo Ortega 