Los Falcons is a photographic exploration of the history of the Ford Falcon automobile in the Southern Cone using lo-res photos taken mainly on the streets of Buenos Aires during 2007-’08 while filming the historic Pan American Dreams project.
During location scouting and filming in 2007-’08, we encountered Falcons everywhere – sedans, vans, convertibles, pickup trucks –often accompanied by stories so fantastical, the entire project sometimes felt like a waking dream cum time capsule.
The nearly three decade production run of 500,000 Falcons manufactured in Argentina, from 1962 to 1991, has left a now fragile physical legacy on the streets of Buenos Aires that spans periods of both economic boom and bust, punctuated by a brutal eight year dictatorship in the middle.
Screenshot from Izquierda Diario of a green Falcon from the era of the dictadura
The military junta used dark green Falcons (el Falcon verde) to apprehend and transport tens of thousands of suspected “activists”.
In the process, the Falcon became a symbol of the dictatorship’s use of torture, forced disappearances and death squads that continues to resonate with millions of Argentinians to this day.
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Los Falcons is a photographic exploration of the history of the Ford Falcon automobile in the Southern Cone using lo-res photos taken mainly on the streets of Buenos Aires during 2007-’08 while filming the historic Pan American Dreams project.
During location scouting and filming in 2007-’08, we encountered Falcons everywhere – sedans, vans, convertibles, pickup trucks –often accompanied by stories so fantastical, the entire project sometimes felt like a waking dream cum time capsule.
The nearly three decade production run of 500,000 Falcons manufactured in Argentina, from 1962 to 1991, has left a now fragile physical legacy on the streets of Buenos Aires that spans periods of both economic boom and bust, punctuated by a brutal eight year dictatorship in the middle.
The military junta used dark green Falcons (el Falcon verde) to apprehend and transport tens of thousands of suspected “activists”.
In the process, the Falcon became a symbol of the dictatorship’s use of torture, forced disappearances and death squads that continues to resonate with millions of Argentinians to this day.