Bar Lazo. Tala River, San Pedro district. Province of Buenos Aires.

Vintage analog print on fiber-based paper. Dimensions: Photograph, 18.58 x 28.4 cm; secondary support, 23.52 x 30.3 cm. Copy number 1/10.

Every encounter is a celebration of life itself. “Leaning against the bar, you might overhear hushed conversations about an improved corn yield, while at another table, bursts of laughter erupt as the winner of a game of *truco*—a card game—sports an ‘ace of swords’ stuck to his forehead. There are no screens here; things are tangible. Real. In this sanctuary of ‘anti-virtuality,’ I chose to forgo digital photography. The photographs in this series were captured the old-fashioned way: using black-and-white film, developed and printed on traditional analog paper. This allowed me to remain in sync with the atmosphere I was documenting,” the author explains.

Eduardo Longoni (Buenos Aires, 1959), an Argentine photographer and educator, forged his style within the field of photojournalism. In addition to participating in numerous solo and group exhibitions, he has produced several photography books and received both national and international awards; his work has also appeared in books published across various countries. Currently, his work is being showcased at the Museum of the Americas (*Museo de América*) in Madrid. The exhibition, curated by Raquel Aznar and Lucía del Olmo and titled “Image and Memory: Argentina 1976–2003,” offers an intimate look at an artist who focuses on the identity of the Argentine people.