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Jul 15, 2026 11 min

Leaving Traces: Richard Long’s Tierra del Fuego Circle

from Photography and Walking Hosted by Philippe Guillaume. Produced by Productions 3655 Inc.

A temporary circle appears on the snowy floor of a forest in Tierra del Fuego. Nearby, traces of footsteps, mud, ash, and weather quietly record the passage of a body moving through the landscape. In this episode, we explore the work of Richard Long through a series of photographs and texts produced during a six-day winter walk in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in 1997. Moving beyond the idea of walking as journey or endurance, we consider how Long's work focuses on contact: the brief marks left behind when movement meets the ground. Through circles, boot-heel lines, scattered ashes, and temporary inscriptions, Long invites us to think about walking, landscape, memory, and the fragile traces that remain before eventually disappearing. Related images and references: PhotographyAndWalking.com Un cercle temporaire apparaît sur le sol enneigé d'une forêt de la Terre de Feu. Autour de lui, des traces de pas, de boue, de cendres et de météo témoignent discrètement du passage d'un corps à travers le paysage. Dans cet épisode, nous explorons l'œuvre de Richard Long à travers une série de photographies et de textes réalisés lors d'une marche hivernale de six jours en Patagonie et en Terre de Feu en 1997. Au-delà de la marche comprise comme voyage ou performance, nous nous intéressons à la notion de contact : les marques fugitives laissées lorsque le mouvement rencontre le sol. Cercles, lignes tracées par une botte, cendres dispersées par le vent et inscriptions temporaires deviennent autant de façons d'interroger la marche, le paysage, la mémoire et les traces fragiles que nous laissons derrière nous avant qu'elles ne disparaissent. Related images and references: photographyandwalking.com — Music: “Beat ’em with Rhythm” by Victor Natas, edited for this podcast (CC BY 4.0, Freesound.org). Produced by Productions 3655 Inc.

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A temporary circle appears on the snowy floor of a forest in Tierra del Fuego. Nearby, traces of footsteps, mud, ash, and weather quietly record the passage of a body moving through the landscape. In this episode, we explore the work of Richard Long through a series of photographs and texts produced during a six-day winter walk in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in 1997. Moving beyond the idea of walking as journey or endurance, we consider how Long's work focuses on contact: the brief marks l...

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