My own photographic work

Some people asked me why I didn't have some of my own photos in my blog. At the moment I'm working on a project here in Vienna, it will take some time to finish and still I can't show you the pictures. But for the moment I'll put some pictures I made one and a half year ago in Buenos Aires. It's a documentation about a blockade of the ticket offices in the train station in Once. The story behind the photographic work is this: different organizations piqueteros (Wikipedia: A piquetero is a member of a political faction whose primary modus operandi is based in the piquete. The piquete is an action by which a group of people blocks a road or street with the purpose of demonstrating and calling attention over a particular issue or demand.) appealed the 13th of february 2007 to blockade the ticket offices in Once and to avoide the sale of tickets. They handed out flyers with the title “boleto protesta - protest ticket” and called on the passengers go by train without paying to proclaim their displeasure about the poor conditions of the trains. They were also expressing solidarity with Roberto Canteros who was arrested the 1st of november 2005 at the train station of Haedo, province of Buenos Aires. This day in the morning when everyone had to go to work in the capital city a train which came from Moreno had to stop in Haedo because of technical problems. When the trains to Buenos Aires City were cancelled the annoyed passengers set on fire 15 waggons. More than 80 people were arrested this day in november, among them Roberto Canteros, a father of five children. In february 2007 he was the only one who was still arrested and the piqueteros of the blockade of the train station in Once demanded also his liberation.

You can find more information about the fire in the train station Haedo in clarin.com and pagina12.com.ar and more information about the blockades of the train station Once in anred.org (all websites in Spanisch).

An additional information: Roberto Canteros came free the 15th of June 2007 after 1 year and 7 months in prison. More information about the whole story of Roberto Canteros at the website of indymedia Argentina (also in Spanisch).