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Martín Chambi, “Two Giants from Cusco” (1925) (all images courtesy of Instituto Moreira Salles) Famous Portrait Photographers, Peruvian People, Nephilim Giants, Straight Photography, Giant People, Human Oddities, Famous Portraits, Wilde Westen, Tall People

In 1905, when the Andean photographer Martín Chambi was 14 years old, he traveled to northwestern Peru with his father, who had a job working in a gold mine there. At the time, there were no indigenous photographers in the country, and images of the Quechua people were mostly captured through the lenses of French and American photographers.

Four Andean mountain children dress in traditional red ponchos in the Cordillera Urubamba, Andes highlands, Peru, South America. The moderately strenuous trek from Lares to Patacancha (near Ollantaytambo) traverses rugged, little-visited country in the Cordillera Urubamba across passes at 13,800 and 14,200 feet elevation. A five hour bus ride from Cuzco reaches Lares, where you can soak in developed hot spring pools. Llamas and horses carried our loads for two nights of camping at 12,500 feet... Satyr Character, Peruvian Men, Andes Peru, Peruvian People, Vintage Foto's, Mountain Outfit, Children Dress, Mexico Culture, Folk Dresses

Four Andean mountain children dress in traditional red ponchos in the Cordillera Urubamba, Andes highlands, Peru, South America. The moderately strenuous trek from Lares to Patacancha (near Ollantaytambo) traverses rugged, little-visited country in the Cordillera Urubamba across passes at 13,800 and 14,200 feet elevation. A five hour bus ride from Cuzco reaches Lares, where you can soak in developed hot spring pools. Llamas and horses carried our loads for two nights of camping at 12,500…

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