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4x4 Overland and Gonzalo Lauda Photography teamed up to provide a unique experience:
Photographic Journeys in inhospitable environments, where few have the privilege of observing, nature shaped by hundreds of volcanoes and years of erosion that promise spectacular photographs, in the best moments of light and with the advice and equipment of Gonzalo Lauda.
Photographic Journey: Catamarca, Land of Volcanoes
with Gonzalo Lauda
A JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY
6 DAYS OF PHOTOGRAPHY / 7 DAYS / 6 NIGHTS
from 02 to 08 November 2021 | Puna of Catamarca |
Photographic Journey in 4x4 Trucks with guide and driver: 3 People per truck for days of maximum comfort.
Do you want to capture the most impressive landscapes with your camera?
[ Gonzalo Lauda ] : In this Photographic Journey, I want to share with you all my experience in handling photographic techniques outdoors, in contact with nature. The goal is for you to take all my knowledge about Approaches, speeds, etc. You are going to learn to look through the camera, this that seems simple many times determines a good shot. I'm also going to teach you what optics to use for each photo, which one is the best according to the environment and weather conditions, I'm going to pass on those secrets of how to use light, find the right moment so that natural light is optimal and play your favor We are going to take night shots taking full advantage of the majestic Catamarcan sky.
Finding the perfect shot in this Land of Volcanoes will be your challenge and I want to accompany you so that you achieve that great photo that you always wanted to take, like the great Landscape photographers.
[ 4x4 Overland ] : As in every 4x4 journey we make, we will take you safely to those inhospitable places in the Argentine puna only accessible by 4x4 with special equipment ,
We will advance through the footprints and paths less traveled in the world in search of those incredible landscapes, shaped by hundreds of volcanoes through millions of years.
Herds of Vicuñas, some Llamas and populations of Pink Flamingos can be photographed in their habitat. The inhabitants of the Puna, some of them from original communities, with their culture and traditions, will take us to another era.
Always providing you with all the professional infrastructure to do so:
Experienced guides and drivers, equipped 4x4 trucks, all rescue elements, GPS navigation, VHF communication between vehicles, satellite telephony, portable weather station, complete first aid kit, oxygen tubes.
ITINERARY
Day 1 | Tuesday, November 02, 2021
TRANSFER FROM CATAMARCA TO ANTOFAGASTA DE LA SIERRA - SUNSET PHOTOGRAPH OF PIEDRA POMEZ FIELD
Total kilometers: 650 km.
Accommodation: hostel in Antofagasta de la Sierra.
Day 2 | Wednesday, November 03, 2021ANTOFAGASTA DE LAS SIERRAS - SALT FLAT OF ANTOFALLA - ANTOFAGASTA DE LA SIERRA
Total kilometers: 250 km.
Accommodation: hostel in Antofagasta de la Sierra.
Day 3 | Thursday November 04, 2021
ANTOFAGASTA DE LAS SIERRAS - LAGUNA GRANDE - GALÁN VOLCANO CRATER - ANTOFAGASTA DE LAS SIERRAS
Total kilometers: 195 km.
Accommodation: hostel in Antofagasta de la Sierra.
Day 4 | Friday November 05, 2021ANTOFAGASTA DE LAS SIERRAS - CARACHI PAMPA LAGOON AND VOLCANO - POMEZ STONE FIELD - HIGH DESERT - SAND SEA - DIAGUITA DE LAS PAPAS ORIGINAL COMMUNITY - RETURN DUE TO THE RIVER - CORTADERAS
Total kilometers: 270 km.
Accommodation: hostel in Cortaderas.
Day 5 | Saturday November 06, 2021CORTADERAS - BALCONY OF MONTE PISSIS - LAGOONS EQUIPMENT, CELESTE, GREEN AND BLACK - CORTADERAS
Total kilometers: 120km.
Lodging: Cortaderas inn
Day 6 | Sunday November 07, 2021
CORTADERA - TATON DUNES - CORTADERA
Total kilometers: 220 km.
Lodging: Cortaderas inn.
Day 7 | Monday, November 08, 2021
CORTADERAS - MORNING OF EDITION - AFTER NOON TRANSFER TO CATAMARCA
Total kilometers: 425 km.
SITES TO PHOTOGRAPH
Balcony of Mount Pissis and its Aparejo, Celeste, Verde and Negra Lagoons / Pumice Stone Field / Galán Volcano Caldera / Diamante Lagoon / Grande Lagoon and its Flamingos / Carachi Pampa Volcano / Black Escoriales / Antofalla Salt Flat / Diaguita de Las Papas Community / Sea of Sand / Las Papas River.
WHAT INCLUDES
Transfer Catamarca Airport - Antofagasta de la Sierra / Transfer Cortaderas - Catamarca / 6 nights of accommodation with breakfast / 7 Lunches on the way / 6 Dinners / 4x4 truck with Guide and Driver according to itinerary / Fuel / Tolls / Tickets / Special tutoring by Gonzalo Lauda, during the trip.
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED
Hotel in Catamarca on Saturday November 06, 2021 / Transfer to the airport on Sunday November 07, 2021 / Dinner on Saturday November 06, 2021 / Flights / Personal expenses / Tips.
WHAT BRIG
Your photographic equipment / Notebook to edit photos / Technical clothing / Boots or mountain shoes / Personal medications / Warm clothing.
AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT
canon 5D mark 4 / canon 35mm 2.8 / canon 16-35mm 2.8 / canon 50mm 1.2 / canon 85mm 1.2 / canon 70-200 2.8
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ABOUT GONZALO LAUDA
Gonzalo Lauda was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1967. He began his photography studies in 1985 together with Pedro Luís Raota, Eduardo Gil and Fabiana Barreda.
At the age of 17, his father, attentive to his interest in the seventh art, gave him his first camera: a Minolta K1000, with which he began his own path of learning. He defines himself as self-taught.
From the beginning, his interest in the reliefs, fauna and landscapes of his country, prompted him to delve into artistic photography. Interest that remains constant throughout his career.
Between 1989 and 1990, he traveled to Europe, where he made several contacts that allowed him, once back in Argentina, to immerse himself fully in the world of fashion photography.
He sets up his first photographic studio in the garage at the back of his parents' house, where he does his first jobs for his friends.
In 1994 he opened a studio in Lofts de Dorrego, in Palermo, and established himself as a fashion photographer, working for the most renowned publishers and making important fashion campaigns.
In 2002, he set up the studio of his dreams in a shed that he acquired in the Nuñez neighborhood, Buenos Aires. Little by little he gets into the world of advertising photography, an area where he finishes settling in 2009, when he founds his own production company, STRUKA. During the years of STRUKA he works for major national and international brands, such as: Brahama, Telecom, Movistar, Honda, Volskwagen, Quilmes, Imperial, Stella Artois, Corona, Nike, Fila, among others.
At the same time, around the year 2005, Gonzalo resumed his latent interest in the world of artistic photography, and made new photographic trips through Argentina.
In 2013 he published "Agua", his first book, where he gathers photographs of horizons in which the sea and the lakes of Argentine Patagonia take center stage.
In 2015 he visited the Malvinas Islands, and as a result of that trip, he published his second book "Malvinas". Some of these pieces were later exhibited at the Malvinas and South Atlantic Islands Museum, in the former ESMA.
That interest in history has led him since 2016 to work on the series "Independence", where he recreates scenes from Argentina's independence history, in shots where he directs the scene until he achieves the desired image.
In 2020 the production company closes definitively, to focus on his artistic photography work and on his photographic journeys.