My life as a documentary and travel photographer in Uruguay, South America.: slideshow photograph 1
My life as a documentary and travel photographer in Uruguay, South America.: slideshow photograph 2
My life as a documentary and travel photographer in Uruguay, South America.: slideshow photograph 3
My life as a documentary and travel photographer in Uruguay, South America.: slideshow photograph 4
My life as a documentary and travel photographer in Uruguay, South America.: slideshow photograph 5
    LFI 01/2012 - Portfolio Martin Herrera Soler: Discarded.

    LFI 01/2012 – Portfolio Martin Herrera Soler: Discarded.

    LFI 01/2012 – Portfolio Martin Herrera Soler: Discarded (page 1).   It is an exceptional way to start 2012, with the publication of the recent Peñarol project on the printed version of the LFI – Leica Fotografie International January 2012 issue (01/2012).  I have not gotten my hands on the printed version yet, but I [...]

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    364plus1, African-descendants beyond candombe!

    364plus1, African-descendants beyond candombe!

    A project by Martin Herrera Soler and Daniel Charlone Herrera Escobero (stick holder) | Julio César Gonzalez | Empleado Dirección General de Registros (municipal employee) For the spanish version of the project website including audio interviews, please check here.  English version of the website and audio interviews to be available soon. Three centuries ago the first [...]

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    Carboneras.

    Carboneras.

    Photo: Chair – Carboneras.  By: Martin Herrera Soler.  Continuing the work of Peñarol, Diego, my partner at Dokumental and I set ourselves to document las ‘carboneras‘.  This is a quite large piece of land where once the British would make gas out of coal.  It’s right on the coast of downtown Montevideo, overseeing the Rio de [...]

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    Diario de un Retrato

    Diario de un Retrato

    A partir de hoy comienza el proceso de creación del proyecto ‘Diario de un retrato’. Dos fotógrafos y una curadora estarán trabajando a lo largo de los próximos meses sobre el material que Esko Tikanmäki ha colectado y creado a lo largo de más de tres años, sobre Matti, su padre. El proyecto cuenta con [...]

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    Collective Dokumental recognized in Brazil.

    Collective Dokumental recognized in Brazil.

    Photo: The bar.  One of the many patrons that frequents the neighborhood bar on a regular basis. Founded in the early days of the Peñarol, this place remains an central element of social life in the area. Montevideo, Uruguay.  By: Martin Herrera Soler. The collective Dokumental (Diego Vidart and Martin Herrera) was recently recognized as one [...]

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    Peñarol

    Peñarol

    A place where past and present coexist in a singular and contradictory way (by Diego Vidart & Martin Herrera). Photo: 12.50m.  The british arrived to the area in the 1890s and purchased 14 hectares to establish what is today the Peñarol neighborhood, in Montevideo, Uruguay.  Over one hundred years later, the train system is partially abandoned [...]

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    Documentary

    LFI 01/2012 - Portfolio Martin Herrera Soler: Discarded.
    LFI 01/2012 – Portfolio Martin Herrera Soler: Discarded.

    Jan 03, 2012 | Discuss

    LFI 01/2012 – Portfolio Martin Herrera Soler: Discarded (page 1).   It is an exceptional way …

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    Travel Stories

    W.
    W.

    Dec 24, 2011 | Discuss

      Photo: W.  Union Square, New York.  By: Martin Herrera Soler.  Las August we visited New Y…

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    Destination UY

    The year is ending and carnival preparations begin...
    The year is ending and carnival preparations begin…

    Dec 23, 2011 | Discuss

    As the snow settles in the north, down here it’s getting hot and steamy (not really today whic…

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    Photography

    Unleashing my creativity... an ongoing learning process!
    Unleashing my creativity… an ongoing learning process!

    Jul 17, 2011 | 3 Comments

    Photo: Typical houses of Barrio Sur (where most of the candombe action takes place) on a winter sund…

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    Personal

    Nico Arnicho en el Solís - Imperdible!
    Nico Arnicho en el Solís – Imperdible!

    Jul 17, 2011 | Discuss

    Photo: Nico Arnicho tocando en el evento Super Plugged en el Solís.  Imperdible!  By: Martin Herr…

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