Photo Essay: Buenos Aires by Night
1. Joe Strummer memorial graffiti in Floresta.
2. A tree against a building. Even the most ordinary things can be so beautiful here. Barrio Floresta.
3. When you’re walking down the street, you will constantly be tempted (if you have a sweet tooth) to duck into a confiteria or pasteleria for something sweet. Most of the time, the cakes look better than they are. This is a very good pasteleria in Chacaritas.
4. Paper posters over paper posters ad infinitum. Barrio Flores.
5. A typical view of the subway, this of Linea B, the red line.
6. These dogs were pretty upset with the sound of my friend’s motorcycle, but I couldn’t stop laughing. Photo taken outside the city.
7. A taxi passes by in Velez Sarsfield.
8. This hotel is really close to Cementerio de la Chacaritas and it always catches my eye when I get off the subway in this part of town. Part of the reason for this is probably the fact that the other buildings in the vicinity are much shorter two- and three-story structures.
9. This little parilla on the river is the first taste of bondiola I ever had. Taken on Rio de la Plata at this time last year.
10. Trips co-editor Hal Amen with his wife arm in arm on Rivadavia in Flores.
11. Graffiti makes this train car on Linea B a comet.
12. At Christmastime, people set off fireworks. These were some of my neighbors when I lived in Barrio Once.
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Find more of Kate’s perspective on BA in The Modified: Tattoo Show Buenos Aires 2009 and Buenos Aires Bus Ride in the Wake of Swine Flu.
Matador’s senior editor, David Miller, also knows the city. He offers his take in Notes on Buenos Aires: A City de Mierda y Capos.
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Hey Kate,
Really nice photos! You did a splendid job of capturing those little things that really make you miss a city.Me extrana mucho esta cidudad. Saludos!
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Kate, I loved your photos. Nice to see BA from an insider’s perspective.
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You’ve perfectly captured the beauty of city lights at night, Kate. I love these (and no, not just #10).
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Thanks you guys!
I take photos without a tripod on very slow shutter speeds and sometimes I’m lucky (meaning that I like the results). I like the element of chance in working like that. I know they’re grainy, but I’m going for a feeling more than I am a perfectly executed razor sharp image.
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You rock!
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Sweet pics, Kate. Hal, nice to see you and your wife from behind!
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Very cool shots Kate, Such atmosphere.
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I love #9…reminds me of the little tacquerias I used to go to when I lived in Mexico.
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hey kate, hal’s wife here! (not sure if you knew my matador name…)
these are wonderful, so full of amazing and specific details that get at the essence of the city. and i definitely love that it’s also a sort of mediation on typography. very cool.
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Love the photos! I feel felt the nighttime energy of BA in your pics.
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Thanks, guys! Nice to hear all the lovely compliments and even nicer to think that the photos communicate something specific!
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I like your photo style. I too gave up the mini-tripod for hand-held night shots (surprised how still I could hold the camera). It gives the shots a very vérité effect.
Your photos took me back to my trip to Argentina last year. Thanks.
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