MARCO GARRO
QUIULACOCHA (SIGNED)
Published by KWY Ediciones in 2024
First edition
Book size 21 x 25 cm
114 pages
Hardcover
Signed copy
Quiulacocha is a visual project that uses photographic alchemy as a metaphor for the impact of mining on the health of the inhabitants of Cerro de Pasco, a city in the central Andes of Peru. The photographer, Marco Garro, collected samples of the tailings dumped in what was once Lake Quiulacocha, to use in the development of the photographs. The toxic liquid marks and textures on the photographs that mimic the way contamination marks life and the environment. “I wanted to 'reveal' the corrosive impacts of mining on health and the environment that we would often prefer not to see,” says the author.
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Quiulacocha is a visual project that uses photographic alchemy as a metaphor for the impact of mining on the health of the inhabitants of Cerro de Pasco, a town in the central Andes of Peru. Photographer Marco Garro collected samples of mine tailings dumped in what was once Lake Quiulacocha, to use in developing the photographs. The toxic liquid leaves marks and textures on the photographs that mimic the way contamination marks life and the environment. "I wanted to 'reveal' the corrosive effects of mining on health and the environment, which we often prefer not to see," the author explains.