Lone Boat in the Ocean, Montevideo, Uruguay

The beach on a quiet day. Small sailboat in the distance.

Montevideo, Uruguay

La Playa y La Rambla, Montevideo, Uruguay

In the evenings, weekdays as well as weekends, the beaches of Montevideo's rambla are filled with friends sipping matˆ©.

La Rambla, Montevideo, Uruguay

Lightning Storm Behind General Artigas

I was on the rooftop of a hotel taking photos, when a thunderstorm approached. Metal tripod + Rooftop = No Good. In the time it took me to get off the roof and head down to the street, the sky opened up in a torental downpour. As I was running across the Plaza Indepencia to the bus stop, I noticed the storm had dropped anchor directly behind Artigas. In pouring rain, I set up my gear and gave my jacket to my camera. I spent twelve minutes out there making six exposures and practicing my upright-breaststroke in between cycles of wiping down my lens every few seconds.

Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay

Hotel Palacio, Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay

Located in the heart of the old city and overlooking the port, el Hotel Palacio is one of Montevideo's oldest hotels.

Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay

Interrupting Supper, Montevideo, Uruguay

One of my favorite watering holes in Montevideo is Lautreamont Pub, a quite bar atop a hotel with a wraparound balcony. They were kind enough to let me steal photos from their roof at my liesure.

Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay

Sunset over La Iglesia Matriz, Montevideo, Uruguay

La Catedral Metropolitana de Montevideo, commonly known as simply La Catedral or La Iglesia Matriz is Uruguay's oldest church. This view is from Lautreamont Pub.

Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay

El Puerto de Montevideo, Uruguay

Montevideo's port is one of the busiest in all of South America. Not only was Not only did Montevideo emerge from this port, but el puerto also has given impetus to many battles between Spain and Portugal and the eventual independence of Uruguay.

Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay

Aguas Dulces, Uruguay

A hundred and fifty years ago, this tiny paradise was practically unknown to Uruguayans. But the few who ventured this far west would fall in love and decide to call this place home. They built houses out of the few materials available at the time, mostly straw and drift wood. "Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature. Let us break fast, gently and without perturbation."

Aguas Dulces, Rocha, Uruguay

playa del Barco, La Pedrera, Uruguay

The front half of a Merchant Boat, shipwrecked and drifted ashore over a century ago, gave this beach its name. La Playa del Barco ("The Boat Beach"), has some of Uruguay's most intense waves.

La Pedrera, Rocha, Uruguay

Waterwell, Valizas, Uruguay

In order to access fresh water, many houses in province of Rocha (and all house in Valizas) rely on ground wells. Some houses have handpumps, while others such as this one use an old fashioned bucket and rope. Incidentally, Uruguay sits atop the Guaranˆ‚ Aquifer, the worlds second largest reserve of fresh water.

Barra de Valizas, Rocha, Uruguay

House with Helm and Rope, Valizas

Most of the towns in the province of Rocha were founded by fisherman and sailors. Houses are often decorated with boat artifacts.

Barra de Valizas, Rocha, Uruguay

Los Pozos Azules, Pan de Azˆ†car, Uruguay

Access to Los Pozos Azules ('the blue ponds'), which lies below Sierra de las Animas, was closed off in the 1970's after the Military Coup and was not reopened until 2003. This mountain of modest height gets its name from the Charrˆ†a People who believed that ancestral spirits ('animas') inhabited this sacred spot.

Pan de Azˆ†car, Maldonado, Uruguay

Tree, Villa Biarritz, Montevideo, Uruguay

Five years ago, I moved into an apartment building facing the ocean on one side and this park on the other, and every day I would walk the trail along this tree as I cut through the park on my way to or from work. In the evenings the tree slowdanced with the ocean breeze under park lights.

Villa Biarritz, Montevideo, Uruguay

Flowers near Dinwoody Glaciers, Wyoming

In August of '08 I joined nols on a climb of Gannett Peak in the Wyoming's Wind River Range. After the summit, we took a few days to explore. We found this nook after traversing Dinwoody Glacier.

Shoshone National Forest, Wind River Range, WY

The Conklin Fair, Conklin, NY

Upstate NY

Conklin, Broome County, NY

Rooftops, Brooklyn, NY

Rooftops, Brooklyn, NY

Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

Cataratas del Iguazˆ†, Misiones, Argentina

One of my favorite spots on earth.

Iguazˆ†, Misiones, Argentina

Pier into Lago Nahuel Huapi, Patagonia, Argentina

Nestled beneath the Andes are some of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen.

San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

Lago Nahuel Huapi, Patganoia, Argentina

San Carlos de Bariloche is the heart of Argentina's Lake District in Northern Argentine Patagonia.

San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

Dieguito at Lago Nahuel Huapi, Pataganoia, Argentina

"I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset... "

San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

Hiking, Bariloche, Argentina

While I was living in Uruguay, my father and brother came to visit me and for the first time in our lives we took a trip together, just the three of us.

San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina