Photo Gallery

This Shipibo girl is using a large banana leaf as an umbrella to protect herself against the rain. - Ucayali, Peru

A perplexed Aymara girl stands on the edge of the Titicaca lake. Is she thinking maybe about the hardships of life that await her?

Indigenous people flock from all corners of the Andes Cordillera to take part in the Inti Raymi, the great festival in honour of the sun, in Cuzco on 24 June. This girl wears a moss dress and a kind of crown made of agave leaves and shells on her head. - 1969

A little Shipibo girl protects herself from the tropical rain with a banana leaf. - Paococha near Pucallpa, Ucayali department - 1969

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L'Amazone vue depuis le quartier de Belén, à Iquitos. - 1969

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Les temps changent! les fillettes indiennes d'Acomayo transportent l'eau non plus dans une poterie, mais dans une vulgaire cruche émaillée.

The serious face of this girl from Combapata, Cuzco, is tanned by the harsh mountain climate. She wears a cap with a forward-facing peak and a wide, patterned, hand-woven belt around her waist.

Pentecost Festival in Ollantaytambo, Cuzco - Young Indian woman in typical costume. - 1969

A little Shipibo girl from Paococha on the Río Ucayali admires her mascot, a blue bird. - 1969

A Yagua Indian girl in Yanamono near Iquitos in the Amazon rainforest. - 1969