Colonia! A break before the cold.
Clara and I decided to take a long weekend at the end of May, to prepare for the unavoidable winter that it’s amongst us. On a side note, I would actually consider today to be quite close to a ‘hard core’ Uruguayan winter day. Photo: Clara and I in Colonia , Uruguay. By: Martin Herrera [...]
Remembering Nepal.
Photo: Buddhist scriptures. Trek day 5.As part of their morning prayers, buddhists will hold their chants neatly folded in pieces of cloth. They take them out and in a syncronized fashion, all repeat the words of these scriptures for hours at a time. Town of Marpha, Nepal, Annapurna Circuit. Altitude: 2.670 mts. By: Martin Herrera [...]
Bar Tasende in Montevideo.
Photo: Tasende. Old bar of Montevideo. By: Martin Herrera Soler. Bar Tasende. This non pretentious bar, located in the south-east corner of the Solis theather is a traditional place, where long ago the cultural and bohemian Montevideo would meet up. They became famous with the ‘muzza al tacho’, a pizza doe covered in thick real [...]
My travel photography featured in AFAR.
Photo: Annapurna Circuit Trek, Buddhist Temple in Marpha. This shot was taken very early in the morning, as the monks opened the temple door for morning payers. I love the contrast of tradition, with the newess of the lock in the door. By: Martin Herrera Soler. AFAR is an awesome travel magazine I [...]
Talk to me about commitment!
A true testament of commitment of a Peñarol soccer fan in la rambla de Montevideo, Uruguay.
Featured in Leica Fotografie International – LFI.
I was browsing LFI (the independent Leica magazine) ‘mastershots’ for the Leica M9 category, in my iPad when I came across one of my Havana, Cuba images. I was very excited to see that it had gotten selected, along a set of wonderful images from other photographers. The mastershots images are submitted by readers and selected by [...]
Featured in Photoshelter Photographers of the Month.
One of my recent images from my travel and documentary work on Havana, Cuba (Revolución es… | Revolution is…) got featured in Photoshelters photographers of the month section. Very exciting! For those of you who are not aware, Photoshelter is a web service for photographers that it’s by far the best alternative to host your [...]
India… an experience I can only begin to grasp.
This is a photographic travel log sharing my experience of a twenty days trip in India with documentary travel photography of Varanasi, India (Asia).
Havana days – a personal account of a three-day journey in Cuba
Before I start, I should state that this article is by no means a political or social study, but rather a collection of impression gathered throughout a three day visit to old Havana. I also want to thank my friend, who generously devoted her time and energy to show me around, sharing her knowledge and [...]
Street photography in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro…
These are images of a one day shoot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Fishermen in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay
Fishermen in Cabo Polonio, Uruguay – Images by Martin Herrera It’s 6.00am in Cabo Polonio, Rocha, a small beach town in the Atlantic coast of Uruguay. I witness 3 men performing their daily routine. No easy task I have to say.The first lights of dawn are breaking through the doubtful skies, which at times looks [...]
Candombe…
Fully dressed comparsa during Las Llamadas de Otoño (the autumn calls). Banderilleros performing their magic against the setting sun. It’s been close to a month since we got to Uruguay and yet, it seems like every day we are running errands related to our move. Every time we manage to finish one, two show up. [...]
While my eyes are still fresh…
I am still enjoying this honeymoon of coming to a new place, and being able to be surprised and amazed by all the things different before they become the norm. As much as I would love to be able to have this ability innate no matter where I am (which at times I do), I [...]
Nepal – Buddhist Temple
This was a test done with te automatic video creation engine from animoto. Worth checking it out. If you want to see the still images of Nepal Buddhist Temple, check out this gallery: Nepal (Asia) – Buddhist Temple – Images by Martin Herrera Martin Herrera Soler | Photographer | www.MartinHSPhoto.com
[Oct 24th, 2005] News from India – Clara and Martin.
Cosmic Flight to India. We got to India, flying from Katmandhu to Varanasi by Cosmic Air. We thought the name was very funny when we first saw it, and I even took a picture of a sign. Now after 2 weeks in this part of the world this seems very trivial. The flight attendants were [...]
