Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos Journey on Mars. Atacama Desert, Chile. 2003.
“More than traveling, I love the idea of leaving. To dream a destination. To fantasize about this country, its culture, its people. To imagine. I thin
(...) k I have never left without having a photographic project in my mind or in progress. The journey in itself doesn’t interest me unless it is linked to a photographic project, which may be a specific subject or a ‘road movie.’
What I love about photojournalism is that it makes me discover places where I would otherwise never go, like here on … planet Mars! This image is from a report on the journey of a NASA team in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the driest in the world, to research eventual traces of water which would make life possible for humans on Mars. The Atacama Desert in fact has characteristics close to those of the planet Mars.”
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