GUARANDA – ROBERT TORSKE (Quinde fotos)

VENDEDORA DE HORTALIZAS

maria caridad cisneros — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 03:07:56 +0000

‘MARKET LADY SELLING VEGETABLES’©, 1987. Digital ; Panasonic LX7; Original Image – 2015
‘VENDEDORA DE HORTALIZAS’©, 1987. Digital ; Panasonic LX7; Original Image – 2015

SALINAS

maria caridad cisneros — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 03:07:04 +0000

‘SALINAS’©, 2016: Pre-Incan salt mines which are still functioning. Historically, salt was a valuable commodity, found only in certain areas. The site today is chock-full of cottage industries: many varieties of cheese (a business originally brought there by Italian volunteers), special chocolates, wool weavings, sausages y restaurants. Digital from Colour; Olympus GF1/14-42MM F3.5-5.6, Original Image – 2015

‘SALINAS’©, 2016: Una mina de sal pre-incásico que aún está funcionando, es sitio repleto de pequeñas industrias: quesos que emplean sal, chocolates especiales, tejidos de lana, alpaca y llamingo, embutidos y restaurantes. Digital from Colour; Olympus GF1/14-42MM F3.5-5.6, Original Image – 2015

PEINADOS

maria caridad cisneros — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 03:05:21 +0000

‘BEAUTY SHOP’©, 1985: Medium format. Two of the old adobe houses on the corner of Guaranda’s central park, one of them selling wreaths to decorate tombs on the Day of the Dead. It would be a stroke of luck if these two very old houses still exist. Analogue; Hasselblad/50MM; T-Max 400 shot at 200; Imagen Original – 1982
‘PEINADOS’©, 1985: 6X6 Dos de las casonas ubicados en una esquina del Parque Principal de Guaranda. Suerte si existen estas casas todavía. Analogue; Hasselblad/50MM; T-Max 400 shot at 200; Imagen Original – 1982

PASE DEL NIÑO

maria caridad cisneros — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 03:04:09 +0000

‘THE PARADE OF THE BABY JESUS’©, 1984: Medium Format. The Indian people celebrate the major religious festivals outside the church in their own way, disguised in masks of their own making, parades, fireworks, special foods, corn beer and fire water. Analogue 6×6 From Colour; Hasselblad 120mm; Original Image – 1984
‘PASE DEL NIÑO’©, 1984: 6X6. Los indígenas celebran las fiestas de Guaranda a su modo: disfrazándose, desfiles, juegos pirotécnicos, comidas especiales, chicha de jora y trago. Analogue 6×6 From Colour; Hasselblad 120mm; Original Image – 1984

LA TÍA MATILDE

maria caridad cisneros — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 03:02:15 +0000

‘AUNT MATILDE’©, 1983: The widow of a wealthy land owner who did not remarry after her husband’s death. At the time I knew her, she was very old and had lived a long time selling off her husband’s property.
Analogue; Hasselblad/50mm; TRI-X 400; Original
‘LA TÍA MATILDE’©, 1983: La esposa de un enhacendado, no casó de nuevo después de la muerte de su marido. En la época que le conocí, ya no tenía muchas tierras. Analogue; Hasselblad/50mm; TRI-X 400; Original

EL SEÑOR DE LOS ANILLOS

maria caridad cisneros — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 02:56:04 +0000

‘LORD OF THE RINGS’©, 1985: Portrait of a bilingual man who helped translate from Quechua to Spanish for the women who owned the Botíca Guayas at that time in order to get the right medicines to the clients. He wore a couple of big rings on his hands. Digital; Panasonic LX5; Original Image – 2011
‘EL SEÑOR DE LOS ANILLOS’©, 1985: Retrato de un señor que ayudaba a traducir para los indígenas que llegaban a la Botica Guayas cuando necesitaban remedios. Cargaba unos tremendos anillos en las manos. Digital; Panasonic LX5; Original Image – 2011

CARGADOR

maocevallos — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 21:26:19 +0000

‘CARGADOR’©, 1987: The work of carrying products from the market, often 200 pounds or more, is done by strong men from Indian communities in the area in order to make a little extra money for their families.Digital from Colour; Panasonic LX7; Original Image – 2015
‘CARGADOR’©, 1987: Para cargar los productos de los mercados o cualquier otra cosa, llegan hombres de las comunidades indígenas cercanas de buen músculo para tratar de ganar algo extra para sus familias. Digital from Colour; Panasonic LX7; Original Image – 2015