el quijote

 
This is one of my favorite photographs by Leo Matiz, a Colombian photographer born April Fool's day 1917 in Aracataca, the "Macondo" of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. An artist and photographer, his illustrious career spanned the Americas as well as shows in Europe from 1933 - 1997. His portrayal of the people of South and Central America is both stark and fantastically human, capturing their lives on film in a way that brings us all into his world. In 1998 he was recognised by the Colombian Government as being the most significant photographer of the 20th century to come out of Colombia. He died in 1998.