Category Archives: Peru

The Boys of Peru

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Rosemary
Two Peruvian boys dressed in traditional hand woven ponchos and hats stand by Incan stone work in Cuszco

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Cusco, Peru 2003 Two boys dressed in hand-woven ponchos and knit caps stand against the massive Incan stones that form the foundation of many buildings in modern Cusco.  

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Dignity

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Rosemary
an old Peruvian woman sits in the market place selling her few potatoes

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Cusco Peru 2003 This woman has pride. Although she sits on a stone step in the market selling her few potatoes, she is dressed as if she were going to lunch with her friends. Is she surviving on her own? … Continue reading →

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Scanned Colors

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Rosemary
Machu Picchu with terraces, black and white

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Machu Picchu 2003 I shot this with Kodak Ektachrome which gave a bluish cast to the photo. The clouds had a green tint, the mountains were too blue. The deep tones hid the detail in the mountains. When scanned colors … Continue reading →

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In the Andes

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Rosemary
woman in fedora Cusco market

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Cusco, Peru 2004 I hired a boy of about 13 years old to show me around the market in Cusco.  He liked the market as much as I did. The menu at his house was meager and  as I shot my photos, … Continue reading →

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Inca Terraces

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Rosemary
terraces of Machu Picchu with fog rolling in

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Machu Picchu, Peru 2004 Look at how steep these terraces are. One misstep and you’re done for. It’s rather humiliating when you see the Andean people skip blithely up and down mountains like these. Their aerobic capacity and leg strength … Continue reading →

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Carnival in Peru

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Rosemary
Quechua men, dressed in colorful hats and ponchos, stand outside the local cantina in Pisac Peru at Carnival time

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Pisac, Peru 2003 Quechua Indians in traditional costume stand in front of the local cantina. Although many in Pisac watched photographers like hawks and demanded payment for each shutter click, these reserved men posed shyly for me. They were from a … Continue reading →

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Carnival in Peru

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Rosemary
Andean people dressed in their finest dance at Carnival Celebration

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Pisac, Peru 2003 Local villagers in their best dress dance in a contest at the end of Lent. There were at least twenty groups from various villages in the Sacred Valley. They formed a line from the front of our … Continue reading →

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Patience is a Virtue

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Rosemary
A woman wearing a fedora and colorful poncho waits in a doorway of Cusco

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Cusco Peru 2003 When you don’t have a car or you only have one car, sooner or later you will be waiting on a street corner somewhere. The patiently waiting woman, huddled in the doorway of a colonial building, shyly turned her … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Rosemary
a Quechua girl poses with her pet llama on a mountain near Cusco

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Cusco, Peru 2004 We drove up the mountain, leaving Cusco in the valley below. My cup of coca tea had temporarily stilled my burgeoning headache and wooziness. I was ready to photograph! Luckily there were children dressed in their native … Continue reading →

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Pisac Terraces

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Rosemary
Incan terraces near Pisac with Urubamba River nearby

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Peru 2004 The Inca hauled rich soil from the valley to these terraces.  This is an endeavor similar to building of a pyramid, it seems to me. Can’t you imagine thousands of men and women hauling dirt in baskets up … Continue reading →

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