For four years, indigenous photographer David Díaz Gonzales has documented the lives and movements of his Shipibo-Conibo community, as many of them migrated from their native Peruvian Amazon to the city. A work of remembrance and resistance.
Ojo Público is a Lima-based investigative journalism website founded in 2014. It investigates issues concerning human rights, corruption, drug trafficking, environment, health and transparency, among others.
For four years, indigenous photographer David Díaz Gonzales has documented the lives and movements of his Shipibo-Conibo community, as many of them migrated from their native Peruvian Amazon to the city. A work of remembrance and resistance.
Illegal mining and deforestation are destroying parts of the Amazon and devastating indigenous people’s lives. As laws and governments fail to protect the environment and vulnerable communities, locals have turned to the imagination of the future generation.