The Lonely Men at the End of the World
The Lonely Men Who Work in Patagonia, at the End of the World
In Patagonia, los puesteros are solitary caretakers who tend other people's livestock for meager pay, sometimes going months without human contact. Photographer Pie Aerts captures their stark, isolated lives in a photo essay for The New Yorker, revealing a haunting existence at the edge of the world.
In Patagonia, los puesteros look after other people’s livestock for not very much money, and sometimes go months without seeing anyone else.
- bookofjoe
- sriacha
Good article about living at a remote estancia at the bottom of Argentina, January 1971, 'The Housewife at the End of the World'. Not too much has changed since then.
https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1961/edg%20NG%201971-01%2...
- giardini
The above link, https://archive.ph/XDM2H
does not work for me. However I can see that there is plenty of food (perhaps too much) at the end of the world.
- wxw
These photos are beautiful: https://media.newyorker.com/photos/6a7f7ed55b6cfa7eff424505/...
- _whiteCaps_
I was just looking up lightkeeper positions in my province. Unfortunately no openings right now. But it would be an interesting job for an introvert like myself.