Buenos Aires through another lens : Tours & Classes, Buenos Aires. Plenty of travellers bring a camera on holiday and snap photos to record their trip, but fewer people use their cameras to discover new neighbourhoods or see a destination differently. Foto Ruta, a new, photo-based city exploration event in Buenos Aires, takes place in a different neighbourhood every Saturday (100 pesos). It starts with a group meeting in a local cafe, where the company’s co-founders give some quick creative and technical photography tips, and then participants are given two hours to explore the neighbourhood on their own, equipped with a map, local insights and clues.
Participants are encouraged to snap photographs to illustrate each clue, based on what they find in their surroundings. For example, I joined Foto Ruta for one of their excursions on Halloween weekend, so all the clues had to do with Halloween. After the photo session is over, the group meets back at the cafe to discuss their photo findings over good wine and snacks.