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Peruvian Fishing
A group of young fishermen watch as one of their friends struggles to free his caught net.
© sarah amy smith 2009 - all rights reserved.
Desert Coast
A fisherman patiently awaits his catch 100 feet above the shore. Cerro Azul, Peru.
© sarah amy smith 2009 - all rights reserved.
Argentinian Cemetery
Inside the famous Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
© Sarah Amy Smith 2009 - all rights reserved.
La Paz Cemtery, Bolivia
La Paz's main cemetery covers several square blocks and houses tens of thousands of graves typically stored five or six high. Rows of graves are organised into street names and blocks.
© Sarah Amy Smith 2009 - all rights reserved.
Scenes from India
A selection of images taken in 2004 and 2005 throughout India. More from the series can be seen on my official website at www.sarahamysmith.com
© Sarah Amy Smith 2005 - all rights reserved.
Potosi Silver Mines
A miner works hard to find minerals deep inside Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) in Potosi's famous silver mines. The highest city in the world, Potosi stands at 4040 metres above sea-level. In the 1500s and 1600s Potosi was the richest city in the world - all because of the large amounts of silver found in the surrounding hills. The town's history is as dark as the very mines where her wealth was realised. Millions of African and Indigenous slaves were forced to work in deathly circumstances to extract the mountain's riches, most of whom lost their lives in the name of making their Spanish rulers very rich. Today the mines continue to take the lives of their workers - the life expectancy of a miner here is just forty years old.
© Sarah Amy Smith 2009
Desert Coast
Early morning in Cerro Azul (Blue Hill), Peru. A local restaurant owner sets up deckchairs in hope that the mist will clear.
© sarah amy smith 2009
Old Cemetery
An old cemetery stands isolated on the edge of the Salar de Uyuni (The largest salt desert in the world), in the department of Potosi. In the distance Volcan Ollague straddles the boarder between Bolivia and Chile at 5870 metres.
© sarah amy smith 2009
Miners, Bolivia
Workers from nearby mines wait in line for overdue payments. La Paz, Bolivia.
© sarah amy smith 2009
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