Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Barreto Bentin, Gabriel; Afanador, Ruven |
| Publisher: | Rizzoli |
| Date: | 3/1/2022 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
Peruvian photographer Gabriel Baretto celebrates the notions of what it means to be Andino. Much like the Humans of New York for the people and indigenous culture of Peru.
IncollaborationwithPeruviananthropologistFrancescoD’Angelo,Gabriel BarretoBentínoffersanintimateportraitoftheAndeansocietyofCusco,Peru. This socio-anthropological, photographic study offers a unique perspective on the Andinopeople,exploringnarrativesofspatialmodernityandsocialhierarchies, challengingthecommonlyportrayedclichédromanticversionsofindigenous peoplepicturedagainstbreathtakinglandscapesdevoidofsocialcontext.Bentín travelled to Cusco and the Sacred Valley to photograph locals against white backgrounds,focusingonhowtheydressfordifferenttypesofworkandoccasions. TheimagesportraythediversityoftheAndeanpeoplethroughtheirfacesand attire,—interviewsthatexplicitlyguide the reader through the articulation of modernity in the Andean society of Cusco.
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