A Day in the Life - The Amazon River
It was a wet rainy morning when we set out by canoe on the Amazon River. Our goal was to go down-river and then hike to small village hidden in the thick overgrowth of the rain forest.
Our hopes were high that we would experience firsthand a day in the life of the indigenous Kichwa people. This group of Kichwa live in a small village of about thirty families tucked away from civilization in the Amazon Rainforest. While visiting the village, I had the opportunity to capture a portrait of this mother and child. It made my day.
An ever-growing concern for the leaders of these small pockets of Indigenous People is how to encourage the younger generation to stay in the village and not leave for big cities and the modern lifestyle they are increasingly made aware of.
(iPhone 13 Pro Max)
A Day in the Life - The Amazon River
It was a wet rainy morning when we set out by canoe on the Amazon River. Our goal was to go down-river and then hike to small village hidden in the thick overgrowth of the rain forest.
Our hopes were high that we would experience firsthand a day in the life of the indigenous Kichwa people. This group of Kichwa live in a small village of about thirty families tucked away from civilization in the Amazon Rainforest. While visiting the village, I had the opportunity to capture a portrait of this mother and child. It made my day.
An ever-growing concern for the leaders of these small pockets of Indigenous People is how to encourage the younger generation to stay in the village and not leave for big cities and the modern lifestyle they are increasingly made aware of.
(iPhone 13 Pro Max)