The Americas
The walls are silent places We hang paintings they don’t see They are said to have ears But they seldom cry Unless the hapless get lined For the crime of being free And shot like dogs by the great liberators Hundred years of solitude on the Golgotha We learn nothing, we just wallow in our […]
On the long straight road from Asuncion to Ciudad del Este Lost somewhere in the middle of the giant fertile plains A butcher’s shop sells one of the best meat of the Americas A land of plenty half-tamed and poor but not hungry Huge cattle herds and high per capita consumption of red meat Photo […]
Ciudad Del Este is the open air duty free market of the Americas Situated at the common borders of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina The Bridge of Friendship over the Parana River connects Brazil and Paraguay All you can carry on foot over the Bridge is deemed to be duty free It is a lively area […]
Sleeping on the lawn divide in Lima’s avenues The dream always seem greener on the other side Resting in peace, like Arthur Rimbaud’s ‘dormeur du val’ No poppies on his chest, it is just a nap on the fresh grass Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
Along the famous mosaic promenade Wanderers in the allotments of Paradise Tourists and local crowds mix and match Idyllic surrealist odyssey in a neverending holiday Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
Like an environment concept by a CG artist Abstract, artificial and anonymous, almost hostile The business end of Lima, a 10 million-soul megalopolis Set on the Pacific shores, bathing in the roaming ocean fogs Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
Holy family and saints roadside sale Cellophane-wrapped figurines to go For a few more Guaranis, have an absolution The take-away blessing for a safe journey home Heaven’s toll-gates are just miles away The merchants now own the temple.. Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
Street vendor selling the high-calorie fares Ideal diet when you are leaving the beach And you are not planning to come tomorrow The heat of the night, the legendary mosaic pavement The sweetness of a midsummer dream… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
The purple and cyan dusk moment at Copacabana Beachgoers stroll and jog along the promenade The tradewinds breeze brings some fresh air from the sea The MacDonald joint neons flicker as the smell lingers Tropical twilight magic broken by the colony… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
The clouds, like some giant white Narcissus Contemplate their image in the Ocean Moved by their own beauty shed a few tears Shooed away by the trade winds, harassed by the birds Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery