Tag - Argentina
New pope sheds old habits
Wednesday 3 April 2013 - Behind the image
AFP Photo/Gabriel Bouys
New pope sheds old habits
He enjoys impromptu walkabouts in crowds, has visited a detention centre to wash inmates’ feet, and refuses to wear the papacy’s trademark red shoes. Since his election on March 13, Pope Francis has broken taboo after taboo – and become a dream subject for photographers. “We’re going to get some great images of him, that’s for sure,” predicts Rome AFP photographer Vincenzo Pinto
Whistleblower
Tuesday 22 May 2012 - Behind the image
(AFP Photo/Juan Mabromata)
Whistleblower
Buenos Aires, May 17, 2012. The city’s Boca Juniors football team is playing against Rio de Janeiro’s Fluminense club in the quarter finals of the Copa Libertadores. AFP photographer Juan Mabromata is at the edge of the pitch, camera in hand. Fifteen minutes into the match, Brazilian defender Carlinhos tackles Pablo Mouche in the penalty area. Colombian referee José Buitrago blows this whistle. Carlinhos heads his way…