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C O L E C C I O N
CENTENARIO
LEON
JIMENES
DOMINGO BATISTA
Campo de Tabaco
del Cibao, R.D.
2003
Po r t a f o l i o s
DOMINGO BATISTA
Forma Orgnica en
el Parque Nacional
Yellowstone, E.U.A.
2001
Organic Form in
Yellowstone N.P., U.S.A.
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P o r t f o l i o s
C O L E C C I O N
CENTENARIO
LEON
JIMENES
Batista, Domingo, 1946Pasin por la luz | Passion for light : dos portafolios | two portfolios /
Domingo Batista. Santo Domingo : Grupo Len Jimenes, 2003.
184 p. : il. (Coleccin Centenario Grupo Len Jimenes)
1. Fotografa artstica. 2. Repblica Dominicana Fotografas.
3. Estados Unidos Fotografas. 4. Fotografas
CEP / CC-ELJ
779.3
B333p
2003 Grupo Len Jimenes
ISBN 99934-913-2-2
Todos los Derechos Reservados.
Registro de Propiedad Intelectual.
Ninguna parte de este libro puede ser reproducida o transmitida
en ninguna forma o medio sin el permiso escrito del autor,
excepto para la inclusin de citas en una resea o revista.
COORDINACIN EDITORIAL
Flix Fernndez
TRADUCCIN
Francia A. de Batista
ASISTENTES DE FOTOGRAFA
Luis Sarabia
Simn de Castro
Manuel Fondeur
Julio Gonzlez
Leandro Montes
Pedro J. Borrell
Junior Medrano
Teddy Amor
Freddy y Heidi Villamil
Vitico Cabrera
David Pou
Jorge De Soto
Mayra Johnson
Diagnosis, S. A.
DISEO Y PRODUCCIN
Vistacolor
Santo Domingo,
Repblica Dominicana
2003
P O RTA F O L I O
DE LA TIERRA DOMINICANA
P O RT F O L I O
OF THE DOMINICAN LAND
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P O RTA F O L I O
DE LA TIERRA NORTEAMERICANA
P O RT F O L I O
OF THE NORTH AMERICAN LAND
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Presentacin
Nos honra y nos complace presentar la obra Pasin por la Luz como parte de la Coleccin
Centenario del Grupo Len Jimenes.
En este libro el artista fotgrafo entrega en imgenes y textos de incomparable belleza, su amor
por la naturaleza, su profunda fe y su visin nica de la creacin.
Domingo Batista, ms que hacernos testigos de vivencias, nos propone una forma de mirar
cuanto se nos ofrece permanentemente si abrimos los ojos del alma. Si nos lanzamos al ejercicio
infinito de aprender a ver desde el corazn y desde todos los sentidos, desde la ilusin y desde
la esperanza. l sabe y refleja que la mirada que se llena del entorno es la misma que posa la
paz y el amor en la realidad para redimensionarla desde lo ms ntimo.
Este maestro ambulante se atreve a vivir la magia de recibir la esencia de los paisajes, de la
gente, los animales, y las cosas; y de reciprocarles iluminndolos con luz espiritual.
Amanecer en
La Descubierta,
Lago Enriquillo, R.D.
2002
Dawn in
La Descubierta,
Enriquillo Lake, D.R.
Nos extiende as una invitacin a recibir en toda su grandeza el resplandor de vida que impulsa
e inspira, la energa y claridad ms all de la materialidad de los objetos, a apreciar la belleza
ms noble.
El Grupo Len Jimenes se une con jbilo a esta convocatoria convencido de cunto el arte
puede aportar a la calidad de vida de las personas, de su trascendencia para el logro de una
mejor nacin.
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Presentation
We are honored and pleased to present the work Passion for Light as part of Grupo Len
Jimenes Centennial Collection.
In this book the artist photographer delivers his love for nature, his profound faith and his
unique vision of creation in images and texts of incomparable beauty.
Domingo Batista, more than making us witnesses to his experiences, proposes a form of seeing
everything permanently offered if we open the eyes of the soul. If we engage ourselves in the
Ro Firehole,
Parque Nacional
Yellowstone,
E.U.A.
2002
Firehole River,
Yellowstone N.P.,
U.S.A.
infinite exercise of learning to see from the heart and from all the senses, from illusion and
from hope. He knows and reflects, that the look filled by the environment is the same that
harbors peace and love on reality to intimately re-dimension it.
This ambulant master dares to live the magic of apprehending the essence of landscapes, of
people, animals, and things; and reciprocates by illuminating them with spiritual light.
He extends thus an invitation to receive, in all its greatness, the splendor of life that impels and
inspires, the energy and brightness beyond the materialism of objects, to appreciate the most
noble beauty.
Grupo Len Jimenes joyfully joins this invitation convinced of how much art can contribute
to the quality of life of people, of its transcendence for the achievement of a better nation.
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2002
Silhouttes of
Palmar de Ocoa,
D.R.
PEDRO MIR
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Prlogo
la larga exposicin para lograr la sensacin de movimiento y tersura de algunos de sus sujetos:
gente, animales, agua y otros elementos naturales que le ayudan a expresar su realismo potico.
En su estilo, Domingo Batista presenta en este portafolio un nuevo retrato del pas dominicano.
Los cielos tormentosamente nublados, los primeros planos iluminados, la vastedad de los pai-
sajes, los personajes que miran directamente a la cmara, las rfagas de luz que persiguen a los
chivos linieros, las angulaciones extremas, las enigmticas fotografas-radiografas, el agua
corriendo y saltando entre peascos, la presencia de la lluvia, el velo de la neblina maanera,
los smbolos del trabajo humano, todo esto y ms revelan la visin del autor sobre aquellos
aspectos aparentemente imperceptibles de la cotidianidad.
La produccin del segundo portafolio, compuesto por cuarenta y ocho fotografas, se explica
por su amor a las tierras y a las tribus nativas de Norteamrica y por su admiracin por esos
parques nacionales donde busca apasionadamente el comportamiento de la luz en otras latitudes
geogrficas.
Los paisajes pertenecen a lugares donde la naturaleza se exhibe en una dimensin continental
muy diferente a nuestro paisaje insular. El autor sabiamente selecciona una serie de textos de
los representantes de la poblacin original de estos ambientes para recordar las formas de vida
de estas tribus en perfecta armona con su hbitat. Tambin intercala fragmentos de la poesa
de Walt Whitman y pensamientos del escritor Henry David Thoreau, con quienes comparte su
filosofa vivencial.
Indudablemente, este libro es un gran ejemplo de lo que puede hacer la pasin de un artista
cuando dedica todo su poder interior a la bsqueda que fundamenta una creacin original. Se
reafirma as el carcter trascendente que posee la obra de Domingo Batista y que lo hace
merecedor del lugar que ocupa dentro del quehacer cultural contemporneo.
El intenso discurso visual que se percibe desde el principio hasta el final permite comprender
por qu Domingo Batista ha logrado el reconocimiento nacional e internacional como un
gran artista de la fotografa. Buscando la luz solar, Domingo encontr la luz de su alma y ahora
ambas son un solo haz que vive en sus ojos convirtindose en su inmensa pasin.
Este libro robustece la Coleccin Centenario del Grupo Len Jimenes. De seguro que su
inclusin en esta ingente serie editorial fue decidida para que fungiera como una jubilosa
invitacin a seguir caminando por estos trillos... ya sea a la orilla del mar durante el crepsculo,
o en medio de la neblina con los pies mojados por el roco, mientras se comparten ancdotas,
silencios y reflexiones observando el milenario vibrar de la luz y percibiendo la armona de la
Creacin de la cual se derivan lecciones de amor y sabidura.
do en un verde campo de tabaco del Cibao. Usando adecuadas dosis de paciencia, experiencia y
capacidad de previsualizacin, el artista-fotgrafo aplica variadas tcnicas entre las que se destaca
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Foreword
people, animals, water and other natural elements which help him to express his poetic realism.
In his style, Domingo Batista presents a new picture of the Dominican country in this portfolio.
Turbulently cloudy skies, illuminated foregrounds, the immensity of landscapes, characters
Domingo Batista is a woodsman by birth who circumstantially lives amidst city noise.
Whenever possible, he returns to the forest and the plains, camera in hand, acknowledging the
call of his instincts, and there all his being and his personality vibrate intensely surrounded by
his natural environment. His visual thirst, his physical-mental strength and his acute perception
carry him to capture his themes with special interpretative power.
Oddly, Domingo Batista had to develop in the city the abilities suitable for a hunter to face
the risks of urban life. There he learned to defend himself from the wolf of man, which,
according to Hobbes, is man himself. The experiences of his youth crudely showed him the
abundant ruthlessness and little nobility of human society.This awareness process gradually led
him to the creative self exile in which he lives since then, capturing images of Dominican
people and land, to then release them among those who love life.
Domingo Batista has walked along thirty-three years with this passion for light, disclosing
his takes immersed in the light of the sun and of the soul as considered by Pedro Mir, the
National Poet.
His growing faith in God and love for universal poetry have contributed to define the conceptual basis of his work until reaching complete maturity. His work integrates lyrical texts
and sensibly captured photographic images to produce suggestive imprints of the luminous
national light. Five individual and two co-authored books have been literally brought to light
in this manner.
This book, Passion for Light, is the result of the last eight years of work of this genial master
of the lens. In addition to the photographs of his country, Domingo Batista offers, for the first
time, a group of images of the Native Americans landscape in the United States. Thus, this
extraordinary publication contains two books in one: a Portfolio of the Dominican land and
a Portfolio of the North American land.
The first part of this work, written in Spanish and English, contains one hundred images
accompanied by texts of its author, biblical verses and passionate strophes by Dominican poets
looking directly into the camera, the gleams of light pursuing the goats of the frontier, the
extreme angles, the enigmatic photography-radiography, water running and jumping among
rocks, the presence of rain, the morning dew veil, the symbols of human labor, all these and
more reveal the authors vision of those daily aspects apparently imperceptible.
The production of the second portfolio, containing forty-eight photographs, is defined by his
love for the lands and native tribes of North America and his admiration for the national parks
where he passionately seeks the behavior of light in other geographic latitudes.
The landscapes are of places where nature is exhibited in a continental dimension very different
from our island landscape.The author wisely selects a series of texts by representatives of these
environments original population to remember the forms of life of these tribes in perfect
harmony with their habitat. He also inserts fragments of poetry by Walt Whitman and thoughts
by writer Henry David Thoreau, with who he shares their perceptional philosophy.
Unquestionably this book is a great example of what the passion of an artist can do when he
dedicates all his inner strength to the search that founds an original creation.The transcendent
character in Domingo Batistas work, which makes him worthy of the position held within
contemporary cultural activities, is thus reaffirmed.
The intense visual dialogue perceived from beginning to end allows us to understand why
Domingo Batista has achieved national and international acknowledgement as a great artist of
photography. Searching for solar light, Domingo found his souls light and now both are one
beam that lives in his eyes transformed into in his immense passion.
This book enhances the Centennial Collection of Grupo Len Jimenes. Surely its inclusion in
this large editorial series was determined to act as a joyous invitation to continue walking along
those paths... be it by the sea side at dusk, or through the fog with feet moistened by dew,
while sharing anecdotes, silences and reflections, observing the millenary vibration of light and
perceiving the harmony of Creation from which lessons of love and wisdom derive.
RAFAEL EMILIO YUNN
and writers such as Franklin Mieses Burgos, Pedro Mir and Jeannette Miller.
This wonderful portfolio is introduced by an image of rural workers against the light laboring
in a green tobacco field at the Cibao Region. Using adequate doses of patience, experience
and previsualization capacity, the artist photographer applies various techniques, noticeably
long exposition, to achieve the sense of movement and smoothness in some of his subjects:
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Great Fountain
Geyser,
Yellowstone N.P.,
U.S.A
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P O RTA F O L I O
DE LA TIERRA DOMINICANA
P O RT F O L I O
OF THE DOMINICAN LAND
Chivos Bebindose
la Tarde.
2000
Goats Drinking
the Afternoon.
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Flores de Amapola
en Arroyo Prieto,
Bonao.
2000
Poppy Flowers
in Arroyo Prieto,
Bonao.
Flores de Amapola,
Bonao.
2000
Poppy Flowers,
Bonao.
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Campo de Tabaco
en Navarrete.
Campo de Tabaco
en Navarrete.
1996
1995
Tobacco Field in
Navarrete.
Tobacco Field in
Navarrete.
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Nia
de Jarabacoa.
1999
Girl
from Jarabacoa.
Amanecer en
La Lomota,
Puerto Plata.
1999
Dawn at
La Lomota,
Puerto Plata.
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Tormenta en
La Comparticin,
Cordillera Central.
Ochenta Aos
Bajo la Lluvia.
1998
Eighty Years
Under the Rain.
Storm at
La Comparticin,
Central Mountain
Range.
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1995
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Chivos
Bien Chivos.
2000
Dominican
Goats.
Son del
Ingenio.
1996
From the
Sugar Mill.
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Races
de Luna.
Maanita de
Rancho Arriba.
2000
2003
Moon
Roots.
Early Morning at
Rancho Arriba.
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Tormenta en
Jicom.
1997
Storm in
Jicom.
DOMINGO BATISTA
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Ro Yuna,
Bonao.
1995
Yuna River,
Bonao.
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Bosque de
Eucaliptos,
Los Montones.
1996
Eucalyptus
Forest,
Los Montones.
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Hermana luz,
T que vienes sobre el valle
para posarte en la escarcha;
espantas la neblina,
despiertas las telaraas,
delatas al arroyuelo
que corre ladera abajo,
y as,
anuncias a tu manera,
que la noche ya se fue
y que un da dominicano
est empezando otra vez.
Sister light,
You arrive over the valley
DOMINGO BATISTA
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Padre
e Hijo.
1999
Father
and Son.
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Campo de Fresas,
El Convento,
Constanza.
2003
Strawberry Field,
El Convento,
Constanza.
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DOMINGO BATISTA
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DOMINGO BATISTA
Tarde de Lluvia
en Santiago.
2000
2002
Goodbye to the
Carriages of Santiago.
Rainy Afternoon
in Santiago.
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Centro de Recreo
de Santiago.
Calle Duarte
en Puerto Plata.
2001
2001
Santiagos
Recreation Center.
Duarte Street
in Puerto Plata.
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Cincuenta
Aniversario
en Sabana Buey.
Recin
Casados,
Santiago.
2002
2002
Fiftieth
Anniversary
in Sabana Buey.
Newlyweds,
Santiago.
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Atardecer en
Las Terrenas.
1991
Dusk at
Las Terrenas.
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Veleros de
Barahona.
Pescadores
Dominicanos.
2003
1999
Sailboats in
Barahona.
Dominican
Fishermen.
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Pelcanos
en Cabo Rojo.
Pescador en
Playa del Morro.
2002
2001
Pelicans
in Cabo Rojo.
Fisherman at
Playa del Morro.
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Del Sur
Profundo.
Homenaje al
Buey de Ingenio.
2001
2001
From the
Deep South.
Homage to the
Sugar Mill Ox.
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Naranjas
Agrias.
Del Espritu
del Salitral.
2002
1999
Sour
Oranges.
From the
Spirit of the
Saltpeter.
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Cabeza
de Chivo.
2001
el campesino caldero,
Goats
Head.
Chivos de
Copey.
2000
Goats from
Copey.
DOMINGO BATISTA
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Chivos
Linieros.
2000
Goats of
La Lnea.
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Los Gansos
de Aney,
Santiago.
2000
Aneys Geese,
Santiago.
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Nio de
Punta Rucia.
Nios de
Nagua.
2002
1999
Boy from
Punta Rucia.
Children from
Nagua.
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Cabo Rojo,
Pedernales.
1996
Cabo Rojo,
Pedernales.
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Nios Pescando
en Ro Salado,
La Romana.
2002
Children Fishing
in the Salado River,
La Romana.
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Taller de
Artesana,
Higey.
En
Boca Chica.
2002
At
Boca Chica.
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2002
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Sequa en
Laguna de Cabral.
Paisaje
Agredido.
2001
1995
Drought at
Cabral Lagoon.
Assaulted
Landscape.
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Pescador
de Montecristi.
2002
Fisherman
from Montecristi.
El Cardumen.
2002
Fish Bank.
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Campo de Arroz
en Jicom.
Cosechando
Tomates en Azua.
2002
2002
Rice Field
in Jicom.
Harvesting
Tomatoes in Azua.
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Del Atardecer
en La Isabela.
Bosque
de Amapolas.
2000
1998
Of Dusk
at La Isabela.
Poppy
Forest.
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Eucalipto en
San Jos de Ocoa.
Cementerio de
Rancho Arriba.
2002
2002
Eucalyptus in
San Jos de Ocoa.
Cemetery at
Rancho Arriba.
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Formas del
Basurero.
1999
Forms of
the Dump.
De la Costa
de La Romana.
2002
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Of the Coast
in La Romana.
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Los
Haitises.
Cayo
Arenas.
1998
1996
Los
Haitises.
Arenas
Key.
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Muchachos
de Barahona.
2002
2003
Boys from
Barahona.
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Viejo Pescador
en Montecristi.
2000
Old Fisherman
in Montecristi.
Gatito
Campesino.
2002
Little
Rural Cat.
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Yo te pido, Seor,
por la lluvia que rellena los cauces
por los torrentes que mojan y consuelan...
Yo te pido, Seor,
Seor del agua y de la vida
Padre del amor y la belleza
Blsamo que cura las heridas del hombre
y de la tierra,
Origen de la luz
Hacedor del agua que bendice...
Yo te pido, Seor, yo te pido...
Lloviendo en
el Ro Comate,
Bayaguana.
2001
I pray, Lord,
for the rain that fills up all river beds
Raining on the
Comate River,
Bayaguana.
JEANNETTE MILLER
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Paisaje de
Elas Pia.
1996
Landscape
at Elas Pia.
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Paisaje de
Las Matas de
Farfn.
1996
Landscape at
Las Matas de
Farfn.
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Lago
Enriquillo.
2002
Enriquillo
Lake.
Las Dunas
de Ban.
2002
The Dunes
at Ban.
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En Salinas
de Ban.
En Salinas
de Ban.
2002
2002
At Salinas
in Ban.
At Salinas
in Ban.
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En Ro Salado,
La Romana.
2002
In the
Salado River,
La Romana.
Manglares
de Montecristi.
1999
Mangroves
at Montecristi.
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Casita
Campesina
en Jaibn.
Valle del
Ro Bao.
2001
Bao River
Valley.
Farmers House
in Jaibn.
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1999
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Muchachas
de Yaroa,
Puerto Plata.
2001
Girls
from Yaroa,
Puerto Plata.
Costa de
Paraso,
Barahona.
2001
Paraso Coast,
Barahona.
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Montaas Haitianas
Cerca de
Pedro Santana.
Mercado Haitiano
Cerca de
Pedro Santana.
2000
2000
Haitian Mountains
Near Pedro Santana.
Haitian Market
Near Pedro Santana.
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Fonda en
Punta Rucia.
2003
Popular
Restaurant in
Punta Rucia.
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Caramelos
de Coco
en Santiago.
2003
Coconut
Candy in
Santiago.
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Anocheciendo
en El Morro
de Montecristi.
Anocheciendo
en La Ensenada,
Punta Rucia.
1996
2003
Twilight at
El Morro of
Montecristi.
Twilight at
La Ensenada,
Punta Rucia.
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Casero de
mina, Mao.
2002
Village at
mina, Mao.
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Amanecer en
Cayo Salinero,
Montecristi.
1998
Dawn at
Salinero Key,
Montecristi.
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Haciendo
Casabe en
Loma de Cabrera.
Cazadores de
Puerco Cimarrn,
Los Macuticos.
2002
1993
Making Casabe
in Loma de Cabrera.
Hunters of
Wild Boar,
Los Macuticos.
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Twilight on
the Coast
of Barahona.
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DOMINGO BATISTA
Pinares de
La Comparticin.
1998
Pine Trees at
La Comparticin.
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DOMINGO BATISTA
Noche
de Estrellas
en Valle Nuevo.
2003
Starlit Night
in Valle Nuevo.
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Muellecito
de Montecristi.
Palmar de
Sabaneta de Ysica.
2002
2001
Little Dock of
Montecristi.
Palm Trees at
Sabaneta de Ysica.
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Noche
de Tormenta
en Santiago.
Atardecer
en la Laguna
de Cabral.
1996
2001
Stormy Night
in Santiago.
Dusk at
Laguna de Cabral.
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Paisaje con
Toque de Luz,
Montecristi.
Paisaje con
Toque de Luz,
Polo.
2002
2002
Landscape with
a Touch of Light,
Montecristi.
Landscape with
a Touch of Light,
Polo.
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ECLESIASTS 1: 4,5,7,8, Y 9
2002
Plowing in
La Horma.
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P O RTA F O L I O
DE LA TIERRA NORTEAMERICANA
P O RT F O L I O
OF THE NORTH AMERICAN LAND
Invierno en
Togwotee,
Jackson Hole.
2002
Winter in
Togwotee,
Jackson Hole.
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Forest at Olympic
National Park.
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Can del
Antlope Abajo,
Page, Arizona.
2001
Lower Antelope
Canyon,
Page, Arizona.
Can del
Antlope Arriba,
Page, Arizona.
2001
Upper Antelope
Canyon,
Page, Arizona.
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Dunas
Petrificadas en
Coyote Buttes,
Arizona.
Piedra Arenisca
Navajo en
Coyote Buttes,
Arizona.
2002
2002
Petrified
Dunes at
Coyote Buttes,
Arizona.
Navajo
Sandstone at
Coyote Buttes,
Arizona.
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Ro Little Pigeon,
Parque Nacional
Great Smoky
Mountains.
Cerca de Great
Fountain Geyser,
Parque Nacional
Yellowstone.
2002
2002
Near Great
Fountain Geyser,
Yellowstone N.P.
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Ro Firehole,
Parque Nacional
Yellowstone.
Cascada Soleduck,
Parque Nacional
Olympic.
2001
1997
Firehole River,
Yellowstone N.P.
Soleduck Falls,
Olympic N.P.
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Atardecer en
Clingmans Dome,
Parque Nacional
Great Smoky
Mountains.
1995
Dusk at
Clingmans Dome,
Great Smoky
Mountains N.P.
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Otoo en Elkmont,
Parque Nacional Great
Smoky Mountains.
2002
Autumn in Elkmont,
Great Smoky
Mountains N.P.
Cascada Soleduck,
Parque Nacional
Olympic.
1997
Soleduck Falls,
Olympic N.P.
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Bisonte Cerca
de Old Faithful,
Parque Nacional
Yellowstone.
2002
Bison Near
Old Faithful,
Yellowstone N.P.
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Poza de Lluvia,
Parque Nacional
Great Smoky
Mountains.
Poza
Morning Glory,
Parque Nacional
Yellowstone.
2002
2001
Rain Puddle,
Great Smoky
Mountains N.P.
Morning
Glory Pool,
Yellowstone N.P.
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2001
Double Arch
Alcove in
Kolob Canyons,
Zion N.P., Utah.
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WALT WHITMAN
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Cisnes
Trompeteros,
Jackson Hole.
WALT WHITMAN
Cordillera Teton en
el Parque Nacional
Grand Teton.
2002
2002
Trumpeter
Swans,
Jackson Hole.
Teton Range at
Grand Teton N.P.
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Ojal camine
por la belleza
a lo largo de todo el da.
Ojal camine
por la belleza
a lo largo de las estaciones.
Ojal que en mi vejez
pueda ir por un sendero
hermoso y animado.
Ojal que en la vejez
pueda ir por ese sendero
que concluye en belleza.
Gran Can
del Colorado,
Arizona.
ORACIN POEMA DE
LOS INDIOS NAVAJOS
2001
Grand
Canyon N.P.,
Arizona.
May I walk
in beauty
along the whole day.
May I walk
in beauty
through the seasons.
May it be that in my old age
I walk down
a beautiful and spirited path.
May it be that in my old age
I may walk down that path
which concludes in beauty.
PRAYER-POEM OF
THE NAVAJO TRIBE
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Can del
Antlope Abajo,
Arizona.
2001
Lower
Antelope Canyon,
Arizona.
La Ola en
Coyote Buttes,
Arizona.
2002
The Wave at
Coyote Buttes,
Arizona.
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Ro Middle
Prong Little,
Parque Nacional
Great Smoky
Mountains.
2002
Cascada Lowel,
Parque Nacional
Yellowstone.
2002
Lowel Falls,
Yellowstone N.P.
Middle Prong
Little River,
Great Smoky
Mountains N.P.
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Ro Madison,
Parque Nacional
Yellowstone.
2002
WALT WHITMAN
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Madison River,
Yellowstone N.P.
WALT WHITMAN
Anocheciendo en
Fountain Paint Pot
Parque Nacional
Yellowstone.
2001
Twilight in
Fountain Paint Pot
Yellowstone N.P.
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Montaas de
Togwotee,
Jackson Hole.
2002
Mountains at
Togwotee,
Jackson Hole.
Ro Gros Ventre
Jackson Hole.
2002
Gros Ventre
River,
Jackson Hole.
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Valle de los
Monumentos,
Tierra de
Los Navajos.
Can del
Antlope
Abajo, Page,
Arizona.
2002
2001
Monument
Valley,
Navajo Land.
Lower Antelope
Canyon, Page,
Arizona.
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Ro Little
Pigeon en el
Parque Nacional
Great Smoky
Mountains.
2002
Little Pigeon
River in
Great Smoky
Mountains N.P.
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Parque Nacional
Canlandia, Utah.
2002
Canyonlands
National
Park, Utah.
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Parque
Nacional
Arches, Utah.
2002
Arches
National
Park, Utah.
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Lago Jenny,
Parque Nacional
Grand Teton.
2002
Jenny Lake,
Grand Teton N.P.
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Otoo en el
Parque Nacional
Great Smoky
Mountains.
2002
Autumn in
Great Smoky
Mountains N.P.
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Manantial Caliente
Grand Prismatic,
Parque Nacional
Yellowstone.
2002
2002
WALT WHITMAN
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Grand Prismatic
Hot Spring,
Yellowstone N.P.
Parque Nacional
Desierto Pintado,
Holbrook, Arizona.
WALT WHITMAN
Painted Desert
National Park,
Holbrook, Arizona.
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2002
Oconaluftee River,
Great Smoky
Mountains N.P.
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Confluencia de Ros en
Laurel Creek Road,
Parque Nacional
Great Smoky Mountains.
Refugio de Alces
Cerca de
Jackson Hole.
2002
Elk Refuge
Near
Jackson Hole.
River Confluence at
Laurel Creek Road,
Great Smoky
Mountains N.P.
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2002
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Hills at South
Entrance,
Yellowstone N.P.
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Geyser
Sulfur Caldron,
Parque Nacional
Yellowstone.
2002
Sulfur Caldron
Geyser,
Yellowstone, N.P.
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Arroyo en Tremont,
Parque Nacional
Great Smoky Mountains.
2002
Creek in Tremont,
Great Smoky
Mountains N.P.
Clingmans Dome,
Parque Nacional
Great Smoky Mountains.
2002
Clingmans Dome,
Great Smoky
Mountains N.P.
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2000
Our Beautiful
Piece of
the Planet.
DOMINGO BATISTA
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Crticas Reviews
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* PESCADORES DOMINICANOS
(VER PAG. 51 SEE PAGE 51)
PRIMER LUGAR, CATEGORA
DIGITAL. AMERICAN PHOTO
CONTEST 2000
Caminante.Testigo. Fotgrafo.
Vivir a lo largo y a lo ancho de
los caminos y de las horas.
A lo alto y profundo de la gente.
En la dimensin justa de la vida,
que es el arte.
Esta es su vida. Presenciar. Participar.
Esta es su vida.Y este es el testimonio
de Domingo Batista.
Traveller.Witness. Photographer.
To live along and across the roads
and the hours.
To the heights and depths of people.
In the fair dimension of life that
is art.
To walk.To see.To participate.
This is his life. And this is the
testimony of Domingo Batista.
Se reconoce el pas,
se reconoce el ojo del maestro...
Domingo Batista aparenta no satisfacerse hasta con las ms hermosas
y tcnicamente perfectas fotografas.
Sigue buscando algn insondable
misterio de encantos infinitos en esa
realidad dominicana y antillana
que le rodea... y de la cual se apodera,
fijndola en la pelcula.
The country is recognized,
the eye of the master is recognized...
Domingo Batista appears to remain
unsatisfied even by the most beautiful
and technically perfect photographs.
He continues seeking some
inscrutable mystery of the infinite
enchantment within the Dominican
and Antillean reality that surrounds
him... which he seizes and fixes
on film.
MARIANNE DE TOLENTINO
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INTRODUCCIN
INTRODUCTION
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Forma Orgnica en el Parque Nacional Yellowstone, E.U.A. 2001 Organic Form in Yellowstone N.P., U.S.A.
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Amanecer en La Descubierta, Lago Enriquillo, R. D. 2002 Dawn in La Descubierta, Enriquillo Lake, D.R. *
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Del Espritu del Salitral. 1999 From the Spirit of the Saltpeter.
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Campo de Tabaco del Cibao, R.D. 2003 Tobacco Field of the Cibao Region, D.R.
Ro Firehole, Parque Nacional Yellowstone, E.U.A. 2002 Firehole River,Yellowstone N.P., U.S.A.
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Geyser Great Fountain, Parque Nacional Yellowstone, E.U.A. 2001 Great Fountain Geyser,Yellowstone N.P., U.S.A
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Flores de Amapola en Arroyo Prieto, Bonao. 2000 Poppy Flowers in Arroyo Prieto, Bonao.
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Cascada Soleduck, Parque Nacional Olympic. 1997 Soleduck Falls, Olympic N.P.
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Atardecer en Clingmans Dome, Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 1995 Dusk at Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains N.P. *
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Otoo en Elkmont, Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 Autumn in Elkmont, Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
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Cascada Soleduck, Parque Nacional Olympic. 1997 Soleduck Falls, Olympic N.P.
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Muchachas de Yaroa, Puerto Plata. 2001 Girls from Yaroa, Puerto Plata.
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Bisonte Cerca de Old Faithful, Parque Nacional Yellowstone. 2002 Bison Near Old Faithful,Yellowstone N.P.
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Poza de Lluvia, Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 Rain Puddle, Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
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Montaas Haitianas Cerca de Pedro Santana. 2000 Haitian Mountains Near Pedro Santana.
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Poza Morning Glory, Parque Nacional Yellowstone. 2001 Morning Glory Pool,Yellowstone N.P.
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Mercado Haitiano Cerca de Pedro Santana. 2000 Haitian Market Near Pedro Santana.
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Cueva Doble Arco en Kolob Canyons, Parque Nacional Zion, Utah. 2001 Double Arch Alcove in Kolob Canyons, Zion N.P., Utah.
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Cordillera Teton en el Parque Nacional Grand Teton. 2002 Teton Range at Grand Teton N.P.
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Gran Can del Colorado, Arizona. 2001 Grand Canyon N.P., Arizona.
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Can del Antlope Abajo, Arizona. 2001 Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona.
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La Ola en Coyote Buttes, Arizona. 2002 The Wave at Coyote Buttes, Arizona.
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Ro Middle Prong Little, Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 Middle Prong Little River, Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
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Cazadores de Puerco Cimarrn, Los Macuticos. 1993 Hunters of Wild Boar, Los Macuticos.
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Anocheciendo en Fountain Paint Pot, Parque Nacional Yellowstone. 2001 Twilight in Fountain Paint Pot,Yellowstone N.P.
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Ro Gros Ventre, Jackson Hole. 2002 Gros Ventre River, Jackson Hole.
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Valle de los Monumentos,Tierra de Los Navajos. 2002 Monument Valley, Navajo Land.
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Can del Antlope Abajo, Page, Arizona. 2001 Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona.
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Ro Little Pigeon en el Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 Little Pigeon River in Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
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Paisaje con Toque de Luz, Montecristi. 2002 Landscape with a Touch of Light, Montecristi.
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Paisaje con Toque de Luz, Polo. 2002 Landscape with a Touch of Light, Polo.
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Lago Jenny, Parque Nacional Grand Teton. 2002 Jenny Lake, Grand Teton N.P.
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Otoo en el Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 Autumn in Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
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Ro Middle Prong Little, Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 Middle Prong Little River, Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
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Bosques del Parque Nacional Olympic. 1997 Forest at Olympic National Park.
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Can del Antlope Arriba, Page, Arizona. 2001 Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona.
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Can del Antlope Abajo, Page, Arizona. 2001 Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona.
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Dunas Petrificadas en Coyote Buttes, Arizona. 2002 Petrified Dunes at Coyote Buttes, Arizona.
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Piedra Arenisca Navajo en Coyote Buttes, Arizona. 2002 Navajo Sandstone at Coyote Buttes, Arizona.
129
Ro Little Pigeon, Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
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Cerca de Great Fountain Geyser, Parque Nacional Yellowstone. 2002 Near Great Fountain Geyser,Yellowstone N.P.
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Manantial Caliente Grand Prismatic, Parque Nacional Yellowstone. 2002 Grand Prismatic Hot Spring,Yellowstone N.P.
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Parque Nacional Desierto Pintado, Holbrook, Arizona. 2002 Painted Desert National Park, Holbrook, Arizona.
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Ro Oconaluftee, Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 Oconaluftee River, Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
167
Confluencia de Ros en Laurel Creek Road, Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 River Confluence
at Laurel Creek Road, Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
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Refugio de Alces Cerca de Jackson Hole. 2002 Elk Refuge Near Jackson Hole.
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Colinas Entrada Sur, Parque Nacional Yellowstone. 2002 Hills at South Entrance,Yellowstone N.P.
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Geyser Sulfur Caldron, Parque Nacional Yellowstone. 2002 Sulfur Caldron Geyser,Yellowstone, N.P.
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Clingmans Dome, Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
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Arroyo en Tremont, Parque Nacional Great Smoky Mountains. 2002 Creek in Tremont, Great Smoky Mountains N.P.
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Nuestro Hermoso Pedazo del Planeta. 2000 Our Beautiful Piece of the Planet.
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