{"id":5311,"date":"2015-02-26T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=5311"},"modified":"2015-04-02T16:06:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T16:06:54","slug":"gaucho-culture-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/26\/gaucho-culture-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaucho culture in Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Argentina&#8217;s\u00a0biggest attractions for tourists and photographers alike is the traditional cowboy or &#8216;gaucho&#8217; culture, which remains an iconic part of life here and an important national symbol. Here&#8217;s a guide to how to experience &#8211; and photograph &#8211; the\u00a0wild, romantic gaucho spirit\u00a0at its best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Estancias<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Argentina has a huge range of estancias, or ranches, where visitors can stay and get a first hand insight into the gaucho culture. Choose a working ranch where animals are still herded, allowing you to see their work close up. In a stay of a few days you can really get to know the horsemen and shooting great photos of them should come naturally.<\/p>\n<p>Gauchos work with cattle at Estancia Ibera, Corrientes Province, Argentina (Beth Wald\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/index.php?lang=en&amp;page=preview&amp;subpage=857-66766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5320 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/857-66766.jpg\" alt=\"Gauchos work with cattle at Estancia Ibera, Esteros del Ibera, Corrientes Province, Argentina\" width=\"480\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/857-66766.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/857-66766-365x245.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Portrait of a gaucho at Estancia La Paz, Cordoba Province, Argentina (Yadid Levy\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/index.php?lang=en&amp;page=preview&amp;subpage=817-402271\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5314 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/817-402271.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of a gaucho at Estancia La Paz, Cordoba Province, Argentina\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/817-402271.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/817-402271-163x245.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/817-402271-227x340.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo tip: Capture portraits against a plain or colourful background with \u2018props\u2019 which show something of the gauchos\u2019 work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Antonio de Areco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If your time is limited you can take a day trip from Buenos Aires to the gaucho town of San Antonio, only a couple of hours away from the capital by bus. The best time to visit is in November when locals celebrate the <em>D\u00eda de la\u00a0Tradition <\/em>(Day of Tradition), a get-together of gauchos and horse breeders in which they proudly parade through the streets to an ecstatic audience. If you don\u2019t manage to visit for the festival, there is a field on the edge of the <em>pueblo<\/em> where gauchos demonstrate their horse skills daily.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo tip: Getting down to a low angle to photograph the gauchos and their horses shows them in a majestic, heroic way. Just be careful not to be trampled by the horses!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Riders at D\u00eda de la Tradici\u00f3n, San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Province (Kate Stanworth)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=gaucho argentina\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/argentinac2a9kate_stanworth_04.jpg\" alt=\"Argentina\u00a9Kate_Stanworth_04\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/argentinac2a9kate_stanworth_04.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/argentinac2a9kate_stanworth_04-368x245.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/argentinac2a9kate_stanworth_04-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gaucho demonstrating his skills with his horse, San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (M&amp;G Therin-Weise\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/index.php?lang=en&amp;page=preview&amp;subpage=817-317490\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5313 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/817-317490.jpg\" alt=\"Gaucho demonstrating his skills with his horse, San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, South America\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/817-317490.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/817-317490-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feria de Mataderos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those with even less time, you don&#8217;t have to leave Buenos Aires to get a taste of gaucho culture first hand. Just visit the Feria de Mataderos, a cultural fair and market in a suburban neighbourhood,\u00a0taking place every Sunday. Traditional folkloric music and dance dominate the local\u00a0plazas, and from around 2pm a local street is transformed into a <em>sortija, <\/em>a traditional gaucho game in which they ride at full speed as they try to get a metal spear through a\u00a0tiny ring.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo tip: If you want to capture the\u00a0<\/em><i>sortija, you will need to\u00a0use a fast shutter speed to avoid blur since the horse will be travelling very fast. Pre-focus your camera on the hanging ring and wait for the split second when they run\u00a0past.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;sortija&#8217;, Argentina (Peter Langer\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/index.php?lang=en&amp;page=preview&amp;subpage=1116-11728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5321 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1116-11728.jpg\" alt=\"Carrera de sortija (Race of the Ring), traditional game where a Gaucho gallops under a wooden arch and tries to pass a pin through a small ring hanging from an arch, Estancia Santa Susana, Los Cardales, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1116-11728.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1116-11728-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gaucho or Argentinian cowboy&#8217;s belt, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Fabian von Poser\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/index.php?lang=en&amp;page=preview&amp;subpage=832-297787\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5317 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/832-297787.jpg\" alt=\"Gaucho or Argentinian cowboy's belt, San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina\" width=\"480\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/832-297787.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/832-297787-375x245.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Further afield<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gauchos\u00a0can be found in all parts of rural Argentina, and even beyond, in Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. Be ready to capture\u00a0great photos of them wherever you go, against the stunning\u00a0backdrops of mountains and grasslands.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo tip: Use a zoom lens to focus in on\u00a0the gauchos and to make them stand out against the wild landscapes in the background.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Portrait of a northern gaucho riding a horse near Purmamarca, Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy province, Argentina (Yadid Levy\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/index.php?lang=en&amp;page=preview&amp;subpage=749-1507\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5312 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/749-1507.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of a northern gaucho riding a horse near Purmamarca, Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy province, Argentina, South America\" width=\"321\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/749-1507.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/749-1507-164x245.jpg 164w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/749-1507-227x340.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mounted gaucho in front the Andes with Mt. Fitz Roy and Mt. Cerro Torre, El Chalten, Andes, Patagonia (Robert Seitz\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/index.php?lang=en&amp;page=preview&amp;subpage=832-170471\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5315 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/832-170471.jpg\" alt=\"Mounted goucho in front the Andes with Mt. Fitz Roy and Mt. Cerro Torre, El Chalten, Andes, Patagonia, Argentina, South America\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/832-170471.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/832-170471-368x245.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A gaucho yells and swings his crop to keep the sheep moving at Estancia Los Corrales (Beth Wald\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/index.php?lang=en&amp;page=preview&amp;subpage=857-7900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5318 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/857-7900.jpg\" alt=\"A gaucho yells and swings his crop to keep the sheep moving at Estancia Los Corrales.\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/857-7900.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/857-7900-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more photos of Argentina gauchos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/results.php?Search=argentina\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Argentina&#8217;s\u00a0biggest attractions for tourists and photographers alike is the traditional cowboy or &#8216;gaucho&#8217; culture, which remains an iconic part of life here and 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