Argentina
Buenos Aires
Traveling with a Polaroid film is tricky — it can’t be X-rayed, it can get lost, and so while traveling, I just prefer buying it locally. In one of South America’s biggest cities, I assumed it’s not gonna be a problem to find. Well, spoiler warning… that assumption was a big mistake.
After searching the entire city left and right, I realized there was no film anywhere to be found here. Scouring the Argentine internet in Spanish, I finally found one place claiming to have two black-and-white packs left… in what looked like a DVD store? (…).
San Telmo
(…) from the hip and trendy Palermo SoHo, through the historical and architecturally impressive Recoleta, to the gritty and artsy streets of La Boca. Each of them has its own unique look, feel, and things to offer. My favorite neighborhood though, and my base of operations while staying in BsAs, was a different however, one I want to talk about today.
San Telmo is the oldest barrio (district) in Buenos Aires, and you can feel it the moment you step onto its cobblestoned streets. It’s a place where the history of the city feels particularly alive — crumbling colonial houses now home to art studios and lofts, century-old cafés, tango dancers spilling out onto plazas in the evenings, and markets teeming with life (…).
Buenos Aires
Going through my photos, videos, and notes from beautiful Buenos Aires, I keep returning to one place — Recoleta. Its elegant facades, marble angels, and tree-covered alleyways filled with Buenos Aires’ history — a place where maybe time doesn’t entirely stand still, but emanates an aura of timelessness. The architecture, the spirit, the grandeur of the times gone by are undeniably a testament to that feeling.
Buenos Aires, much like Istanbul or Hong Kong, is one of those cities where the very streets tell stories — stories that seem to belong to another era. Art Deco spires piercing the sky, Art Nouveau storefronts, dark and spacious interiors. The smell of old fabrics and polished wood (…).