Geography

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Photos · · Buenos Aires

You are invited to a journey through time.

Young man wearing Joy Division Unknown Pleasures t-shirt a friend brought him from Asia

Young man wearing Joy Division Unknown Pleasures t-shirt a friend brought him from Asia. In other news, I am now that guy who says to young people about their favorite things: Why, you weren't even born yet.

Photos · · Buenos Aires

22 Quilmes Retiro

Buses in San Telmo

Buses in San Telmo. The typeface on these buses is how I imagined the future would be labeled when I was a kid.

Found · · Buenos Aires

The Monkey Painter

Tarzan de los monos 1933

“Tarzan of The Apes” is how you find me on one of my hunting trips through the “Salto Argentino.”

Look at the face you make because you smell but don't see me.

Memoirs of The Hunter "Monkey Painter"
Salto Argentino, February 11, 1934

 

Tarzan de los monos

“Tarzan de Los Monos” tal como me lo encuentre en unas de mis cacerias por el “Salto Argentino.”
Vedle que cara pone porque me olfatea y no me puede ver.

Memorias del casador “Pinta Monos”
Salto Argentino 11 de febrero de 1934

Photos · · Buenos Aires

Tango at La Glorieta

Couple dancing tango

There is no shortage of places to see tango staged for tourists in Buenos Aires, but La Glorieta is a large gazebo in an urban setting where locals go to dance for themselves.