Chicago stories

August 4, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

How some things change and other things never change strikes me every time I return to the streets of my hometown.

Pilsen street art – Chicago

July 18, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Walls do not separate space; they exist in space, and therefore separate nothing

Carnaval | Rio de Janeiro

February 24, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Minha predileta sempre será a BANDA DA CONCEIÇÃO | My favorite will always be Banda da Conceição

Walking the Old City

October 7, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Gujarat has been at the crossroads of civilizations for longer than memory. Its most iconic city, Ahmedabad, still holds its unique architectural mix of Jainism, Hinduism and Islam. The comparison was inevitable: the old city was much cleaner and more preserved than my beloved Chandni Chowk in Delhi. Then there was the woodwork and the […]

Memórias de Colonia

June 8, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

A photo essay on autumn and the present perfect in the timeless Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay by Ricky Toledano

Gentrification: problem or progress?

June 2, 2019.Reading time 24 minutes.

I suspect that whomever can answer that question of whether gentrification is progress or problem shall answer all questions, because it reverts to a much more profound human challenge.

The Street Art of Montevideo

April 30, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

The most amazing panorama

The Port[als] of Buenos Aires

April 25, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

The words for port and door are quite the same in Latin languages. Actually, it is hardly a stretch for English speakers to grasp the relevant vocabules for a place of entry and exit. In the case of Buenos Aires, however, I found poetry in how the very doors of the city reflected the amazing […]

The Recoleta Cemetary, Buenos Aires

April 22, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

As one of the two most visited cemetaries in the world, it could only become yet another cliché to follow Paris. However, I don’t have the unending struggle — either internal or external — against cliché that bothers others to insanity. I think I might have more pressing fights to deal with. And it […]