Julie’s Photos
Walking Among the Dead at Woodlawn
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: Francisco Collazo and Julie Schwietert Collazo ** We’ve visited many cemeteries while traveling: the Petit Family Cemetery on the land where I grew up in South Carolina, where the graves of slaves are indicated with simple rocks. Cementerio Colon in Havana, Cuba, where the sister of Francisco’s son is buried. … Continue reading
2009: Year in Review
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo & Francisco Collazo ** I thought it would be impossible to top 2008, but here we are, on the first day of 2010, and as we take stock of 2009, we realize just how full and intense and incredible this last year was. January The first trip … Continue reading
Remembering New Orleans
Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: Francisco Collazo & Julie Schwietert Collazo ** In June 2008 Francisco and I went to New Orleans to work with the Culinary Corps, a voluntourism organization I profiled in this article. It was Francisco’s first time in the city and my third, but for both of us, it was our … Continue reading
Memorial Day… Thoughts
Text & Photo: Julie Schwietert Collazo * There’s the temptation to see Memorial Day as a sale day. As the day the pool opens for the summer season. As a day for a backyard BBQ. If you’re not directly affected by the war–and by that, I mean, if you don’t have a loved one or … Continue reading
Police Line: Do Not Cross
Photo: Julie Schwietert Collazo Shot in Manhattan on May 17, 2009.