El último verano en Tongoy

The last summer in Tongoy is a personal project.

When I was a little girl, I used to spend the summer vacations in Tongoy, a small coastal town located around 400 km. north of Santiago de Chile, and one of my favorite moments during those warm days was to wait for sunset to visit the fair with my family. My parents took my siblings and I there, with our noses smeared in shining Nivea lotion, and watch us scream and laugh in equal measures from the roller coaster or the Ferris wheel ride. It was a moment of us five, my family circle.

On 2015 we went back, it was emotional to revisit the attractions that I used to ride and that made me scream and laugh with a mix of pure joy and a hint of fear. I was no longer eight years old but they, well they were just as I had left them tucked away in my childhood memories from the 80s. This time, the five of us watched my nephews shout while enjoying the same old rusty friends. 

Six months later, a strong earthquake and tsunami lashed the area destroying the majority of the attractions. 

These are images of the last summer I spent in Tongoy, which also became the last one for my childhood rides.