Santiago, el Capital

Hey, remember that time when it wasn't minus three million degrees and snowing outside? Yeah, me neither. Like cassette tapes, encyclopedias, and a Canada before Stephen Harper, you may have a vague and fuzzy memory or impression of this long bygone era, but can't quite be sure it ever existed.

And in the absence of weather permitting one to go outdoors and shoot photographs without frostbiting your nutsack and other extremities, I continue to mine the archives: may I present photos shot during our first two days in Santiago.


Cops were out in force EVERYWEHERE, as it was election day.




A staple of the pedestrian ave, shoe shiners. Those of you who watched a recent season of The Amazing Race might remember a challenge involving these guys.


Business is slow.




The missus, trying on hats.








A bit of light leakage on this roll...


Changing of the Guard at La Moneda.




Mote con huesillos, a traditional Chilean summer drink with wheat, sugar/ honey, and dried peaches. Refreshing!




Seriously, the cops were EVERYWHERE.






Juxtaposition of old and new.







Photos above: combination of digital, and film shot with a Nikon FM2n.