Artist: Martín Chambi
Date: 1931
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Museum: Mudec - Museum of Cultures (Milan, Italy)
Technique: Photography
In this image, Chambi captures the moment of rest and refreshment of a large group of campesinos (all in ponchos and chullos) on a slope in the Ocongate area, from which there is a splendid view of Ausangate, the highest mountain in southern Peru, at an impressive 6384 m above sea level. Not far from Cuzco, on its summit the climate is such that there is perennial snow (which does not turn to ice, hence the term
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