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Rohan Chitrakar works as a cinematographer in Los Angeles. These pictures were taken in Chile while he was there for the making of a documentary, Following the Ninth. His other works can be found on his website.

Dinner Conversation - Valparaiso, Chile

Fruit Stand - Valparaiso, Chile

Church by the Bay - San Juan de Chadmo, Chile

Juice - Men squeezing fruit during a annual folk festival. Chiloe island, Chile

Vegetable Market - Valparaiso, Chile

Seller in Vegetable Market - Valparaiso, Chile

Shopkeeper - Valparaiso, Chile

Laura - Dance performer in Following the Ninth, a documentary. Valparaiso, Chile

Toymaker - Interviewees in Following the Ninth, a documentary. Puerto Varas, Chile

Machi - Following the Ninth interviewee, Machi, shares his account of the resistance as a revolutionary fighter against the 1973 Pinochet dictatorship. He was in the midst of medical school when he was imprisoned and tortured by the military. He recalls the importance of Beethoven's 9th symphony as a song of protest and solidarity during the dictatorship. Machi is a successful doctor and lives his life as a barefoot advocate in the Southern city of Puerto Montt, Chile.

Boy by the Bay- San Juan de Chadmo, Chile

Women - San Juan de Chadmo, Chile
© Rohan Chitrakar. Please do not use without permission.
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