Julie’s Photos

Feliz Ano Nuevo!

Posted on January 1, 2009 by julie

Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo Happy 2009! One of our big projects this year (there are so many!) is to really get Voces de Mompox/Mompox Voices up and running. If you’re new to CollazoProjects, Voces de Mompox is an after-school program we started in Mompox, Colombia back in July during our month-long visit to … Continue reading »

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“When I was 31, it was a very good year…”

Posted on December 24, 2008 by julie

Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo Photos: Francisco Collazo & Julie Schwietert Collazo As the last two weeks of 2008 spin towards history, I find myself in bitingly cold New York City, where I’m wrapped in at least two layers of clothes by day and sleeping under two comforters at night. New York has been my home … Continue reading »

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December, Puerto Rico

Posted on December 4, 2008 by julie

Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo I’d forgotten that you wake up with the sun in Puerto Rico. This morning, despite having gone to bed at 4 AM, we woke at 8 AM, with light streaming through the bedroom window and the sound of roosters announcing the day, however unprepared we were to welcome it … Continue reading »

Categories: Julie's Photos, Julie's Writing, Travel & Travel Tips | Tags: El Yunque, housesitting, living in Puerto Rico, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, rainforest, Rio Grande, San Juan, Viejo San Juan, Villa Sevilla | 6 Comments

Close Guantanamo? Wait Just a Minute.

Posted on November 25, 2008 by julie

Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo If you’d have asked me two months ago whether I agreed that we should close Guantanamo, I would have said “Yes!” without thinking. Like many Americans and citizens of the world, I viewed the US naval base and detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba as a symbol of … Continue reading »

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Why I’m Not Opposed to Press Trips

Posted on November 21, 2008 by julie

Text & Photos: Julie Schwietert Collazo This time last week, I was in Chile, sitting at the base of the most amazing mountains I’ve ever seen in my life, marveling at the fact that the clouds that had been hanging around for the preceding two weeks had disappeared as my colleagues and I rolled into … Continue reading »

Categories: Chile, Julie's Photos, Julie's Writing, Writers' Resources | Tags: Chile, media, media trips, press trip, press trip sponsors, press trips, travel writers, travel writing, viaje de prensa, viajes de prensa | 23 Comments