Brian Buckner
Articles by Brian Buckner :
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El Wiki
He’s a joker, he protects. He dances with his small “look-alike” guaga, moving through the crowd with both grace and abandon. He steals your hat and wears it for a… -
‘Scuffling Footsteps,’ a scary poem
Scuffling Footsteps My feet scuff quiet, quite unnoticed, amongst the white stones, pale light ghosting. Not sun of day, nor moon of night, between perhaps, I’m filled with fright. Time… -
A werewolf In Cuenca
I landed on the shores of what is now Ecuador with Francisco Pizzaro and Hernando DeSoto in 1532. At that time, I was twenty-two years old and hoping to gain… -
Behind life’s scenes
I used to own a window manufacturing plant. It was a sizable operation and when I liquidated my position there, we were shipping to about forty states. The jobs we… -
Of verities and lambkins
The gravel was loose and the slope steep and rutted. El Fantasma had picked his way down a ridge in Ecuador’s southern Andes and dropped into a fertile valley a… -
Isabella
I was eating a hot empanada filled with queso and mashed green plantanos while she interrogated Pablo with her incessant questions. I looked on, entertained, munching and smiling. The line… -
Board time
It was a half-hour before twilight, late on a Saturday afternoon, as I made my way up Tres de Noviembre. I never trudge but I’ll tell you, the soles of… -
Gloria
It was mid-afternoon as I walked west up Presidente Córdova under a mostly cloudy sky. Areas of blue opened on occasion, allowing some interesting light to filter through. I was… -
Spot was here
El Fantasma slid to a stop in the loose gravel of the parched clay roadway. His engine idled down to a steady throb as I hit the window switch to… -
Showdown on the continental divide
Editor’s note: Brian Buckner will discuss his photography and his project of mentoring Cuenca photographers, Thursday, July 19 at the Museo de la Ciudad, corner of Gran Colombia and Benigno… -
A series of decisive moments
According to Noah Webster, a plan is a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something. As a verb it describes the action of making said detailed proposal. Suffice it to… -
En El Comienzo
Editor’s note: A photography exhibition by Brian Buckner, titled Momento Decisivo, Joyas Ocultas de los Andes, opens Thursday, June 28 at 7 p.m. at the Museo de la Ciudad, corner… -
Intercultural inclusion and expression: Cuenca from behind my lens
Greetings Friends! I have been involved with the City of Cuenca, Province of Azuay, Country of Ecuador since October of 2017 planning an art exposition. This process is not new…