Contributors to Juanele
Ariel Authier
Born as a fetishist at the same time the first single from Roxy Music was issued at the opposite side of the world, Ariel Authier always had problems telling the difference between the real and the copy, art and pornography, between his left and right hands or Buenos Aires and Berlin. Since early childhood, he was medically advised to start using a camera to solve some of these problems, which he has done until today, without any improvement. His criminal record states a deviant involvement with several highly suspicious groupings like Foto-Shop or his fraudulent one with Gabriela Schevach. Some years ago, after being temporarily blinded by a fake Caravaggio, he discovered that a word might be worth a thousand images, so he decided to write about the things his cameras cannot see. His current whereabouts are unknown though rumors say that he was recently spotted in Chinatown searching for queer seafood.
Andy Donohoe
Andy Donohoe is a freelance photographer from Northampton, England. A photography graduate from the University of Portsmouth, he came to BA in October 2010 and decided to stay. Fueled by natural light, he takes photos for Juanele as well as the Argentina Independent, while also working in La Puerta Roja in San Telmo.
Gretchen Gardner
Gretchen Gardner is from McLean, Virginia, and moved back to Argentina in February 2010 after a year-long exchange program during college in 2007-2008. A graduate of Hamilton College with a degree in History, she now works for the Fulbright Commission in Buenos Aires and enjoys more creative pursuits, like freelance writing and photography, on the side.
Carla Harms
Carla Harms is a freelance writer from Canada living and working in Buenos Aires. As well as studying journalism, she has undergraduate degrees in performing arts and East Asian studies, and did graduate studies in art history at McGill University. While her graduate studies focused on modern Japanese art , she is loving the arts scene here in Buenos Aires, where there is never a dull moment.
Malena Higashi
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, 26-year old Malena enjoys freelance writing and she´s working hard to finally get a degree in Literature. Her most atypical job was at Mondongo´s studio and she recently started a blog. Some people say she´s indie; she´d rather say “kawaii”!
Paul Katz
Paul Katz is a writer and (why not admit it?) perma-student originally from Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He’s now living in Buenos Aires for a few years, researching and writing his first book (about Argentina’s so-called “Dirty War”), studying for a masters degree in social history, and trying his best to keep his finger on this country’s frenetic artistic and political pulse. Past gigs include a stint as a researcher at Boston’s Fogg Art Museum and some European assignments for the Let’s Go series of travel guides. He’d love it if you’d check out his blog.
Kristen Moreau
Kristen Moreau is a freelance writer and artist from New York. In November 2010, she moved to Buenos Aires and quickly fell in love with the city’s rhythms. She’s usually painting, traveling around South America, or imagining future buildings. Architecture gets her going. Kristen studied Art History, as well as Economics, at Bates College, and will commence a Masters in Architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan is a freelance writer and photographer from the UK and has been based in Buenos Aires since September. After studying Art and Art History she took a degree in Literature and International Relations, graduating two years ago. Printmaking and photography supplement days in front of a computer, as well as taking advantage of the city’s galleries and cultural centers.
Rick Powell
Rick tumbles, used to blog (NSFW), blogs currrently, tweets via 4 different twitter accounts, writes about film and hates Facebook. He is queer, contrarian and a lover of beer.
Gabriela Schevach
I sometimes forget I’m a photographer. I think I’m a film maker, a model, a writer, a trend-researcher, an editor, a journalist, an artist, a gallery owner or a puppeteer, someone useful. Why is this profession so easily forgotten?
In a newspaper in Buenos Aires, the image of a classic dancer is to appear on the cover of their Sunday magazine. Very nice, but his testicles, tight under his leggings, are too huge. Design department corrects it using photoshop. A couple of years later, I am hired to work as a picture editor for that magazine. I have some trouble with the journalistic formula: pictures = information.
Far away, I’m hiding in a fitting room to take pictures of children’s clothes to send them across the ocean. I sell pictures and information. The reply of the person who receives them is that those aren’t photos Girls’ clothing.
I have the strange feeling that I could talk about pictures forever. Looking at them like a spy, avid voyeur, reading them like a literary fan and behaving like an actress in drag in front of them.
Kate Sedgwick
Kate Sedgwick is an editor and writer at Matador Network. She runs Second Story Buenos Aires, an English-language storytelling event . About to hit year three in Buenos Aires, she hails from Louisville, KY where she got her BFA in photography. She blogs at YesThereIsSuchaThingasaStupidQuestion.com, tweets at @KateSedgwick, and will probably be your friend on facebook.
