Laura Rodriguez Castro
Crime
3 of the World’s Deadliest Serial Killers Come From the Same Place: Why?
We look at the case of Luis Garavito, the world's most prolific serial killer, to understand how Colombia creates such monsters.
Julian Morgans
Laura Rodriguez Castro
8.21.20
Rural Week NZ
Photos of Growing Up Wild and Free in Rural New Zealand
Without formal education, the paddocks, bush and beach become classrooms.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
5.31.17
Photo
This Birth Photographer Is Fighting Social Media Censorship
Birth photographer and doula Angela Gallo thinks that the way images of birth are banned from some sites reflects larger problems with how people discuss birth.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
Angela Gallo
3.14.16
Photo
The Dangerous Lives of Colombian Mangrove Clam Collectors
Because of the agility required, many of the collectors are children.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
Jonas Wresch
7.6.15
Stuff
Hanging Out with Helpful Stoners at Australia's MardiGrass Festival
The Polite Force helps control traffic, block roads for parades, and make sure people don't get too freaked out by the real cops when they're too stoned to function.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
5.5.15
Photo
Jodi Bieber's Startling Photos of Everyday Life in South Africa
From murderers to ordinary women, the photographer captures people at their most vulnerable.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
12.15.14
Stuff
Venezuelans are Smuggling Petrol Into Colombia
Fuel in Colombia costs twice what it does in Venezuela. This has created a booming black market.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
11.6.14
News
We Checked In With Bogota's Hunger Striking Matadors
A court ruling has overturned city's 2 year old bullfighting ban, but these guys will believe it when they see it.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
9.4.14
COLOMBIA
The Radioactive Chickens of Ubaté, Colombia
To a non-Colombian, it can sometimes be hard to figure out what part of the animal you’re eating. But the bright yellow chickens served in Ubaté—cooked whole with their unlaid eggs still inside—are particularly tasty, if unsettling.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
8.25.14
Photo
Photographing the Young Warriors of Smokey Mountain
In the Smokey Mountain community located in Tondo, people make a living through the production of charcoal. Half of the people working there are under the age of 17.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
7.30.14
Photo
Katy Strange Photographed Everyone Who Slept in Her Bed for Two Years
Katy Strange is a Dutch art student who shares her bed with lovers and friends. Over two years in a share-house in Amsterdam, she slept beside fifteen people, and photographed the experience.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
7.28.14
Photo
Photographing the Horse Riding Nike Wearing Tough Kids of Dublin
Dublin housing estate kids raise horses in car parks and ride them in Nikes.
Laura Rodriguez Castro
7.10.14
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