[caption id="attachment_1201" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Beautiful women -- three Inca noblewomen face the sunset in Jimenez Mercado's series "Munay Warmikuna" (Inca Princess Project)"]
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A tourism company in Cusco is sponsoring an intriguing photo project to highlight indigenous beauty and women's growing influence in South America. No prize money or payment is involved, Streptomycin Tetracycline And Chloramphenicol overseas, but chosen photographers have their projects featured in a select Web-based gallery.
The Inca Princess Photo Project invites professional photographers to submit ideas for "spectacular open-theme material celebrating the beauty and unique nature of South American women." The website notes that
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- Indoor shoots or landscapes
- Nude art, body painting, erotica
- Fashion and advertising
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What I applaud is the focus on the beauty of indigenous women, 30mg Streptomycin Tetracycline And Chloramphenicol. To participate in the project, models must be 18 year or older and must be "at least half South American Indian in ethnic origin." That requirement enables both mestizo and native women to take part, and puts the focus on the majority of Peruvian women, who are not Caucasian. The beauty of local women has been overlooked for hundreds of years in this country. You'll find women of the puna used as icons for the tourism trade but not as paradigms of beauty.
The Inca Princess Project is a step in the right direction for correcting long-standing racist perceptions that women of indigenous origin are unattractive. The women photographed in these series have a proud, haunting beauty that is both modern and eternal.
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1 Peruanista // Feb 1, 2009 at 3:51 am
Awesome idea!
The beauty of our Native people has been hidden in a country like Peru where most of Peruvians are of Indigenous Andean heritage. Even those of us who are mixed, should celebrate our Native American roots. This kind of initiatives are healthy in order to lift the self esteem of our Peruvian children, especially women who grow up thinking that only Caucasian girls are pretty. I think all humans are beautiful, so we must celebrate all equally. Thanks for posting this Barbara!
2 Barb // Feb 1, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Carlos, glad you translated my entry for your blog and got the word out to your readers as well. The project deserves attention.
I’ve been struck many times by the unique beauty of indigenous and mestizo women in Peru. If I were a photographer, I’d get funding for a photo project to go all over Peru and photograph women in their natural settings,and then sell the book as a way to raise money for women’s issues (domestic violence, rape — which is a huge problem).
In December I went to a fair near downtown Lima, and there was a woman from the Amazon in native dress (Shipibo?) selling coffee — she had remarkable high cheekbones and a gentle, serene expression. I don’t know if the people at the fair found her looks remarkable, but I did. Sadly, I have yet to see advertising campaigns in Peru use even a single female model from the Amazon. What a strange omission, from my perspective as an American.
3 Mike // Feb 6, 2009 at 11:49 am
Thanks for the info and the blog. Curious why the omission of indigenous models in Peruvian advertising campaigns seems strange, from an American perspective? How many Native Americans do we see in U.S. advertising campaigns?
4 Barb // Feb 6, 2009 at 12:34 pm
It seems odd to me because the United States has been engaged in a decades-long effort to promote ethnic and racial diversity that encompasses everything from hiring at businesses to using black, Asian and Latino models and actors in ads, TV shows, films, etc.
I’m old enough to remember when a show starring a black woman (in “Julia”) was a novelty. Now, you can’t conceive of American television without African American talent.
True, there are very, very few native Americans used in ad campaigns (apart from that famous one w/the guy crying over pollution in the ’70s). However, statistically, Native Americans comprise a very small portion of the US population (less than 1%), so the lack of representation isn’t so glaring an omission as would be that of other ethnicities/minorities. (See “Demographics of United States”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States#Race_and_ethnicity )
The reason the lack of indigenous women in Peruvian media is weird is nearly half (45%) of Peruvians are fully native Amerindian (Quechua & Aymara). (Info from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Peru ) They are the largest single racial/ethnic group in Peru, but they are the least represented in the Peruvian media. (But they are featured in tourism materials for foreigners.)
Mestizos (mixed Amerindian and European descent) comprise about 37% of the Peruvian population.
European descendents = about 15%, a definite minority, but “white” faces are ubiquitous in the media.
And, for the record, about 3% of Peruvians are of Asian descent — famously, ex-president Fujimori.
5 Miguel // Feb 9, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I think it’s a good thing. People of Amerindian descent are many times unrepresented. However, I personally never cared about race or beauty. For me all people are beautiful
With regards of demographics. It’s true that a significant part of the population is of Amerindian descent, and Spanish and the mixed of them as well. However, there is also a great significant number of other people with other descent and the mix of all those. Even though 3% of Peruvian people are of Asian descent, this does not make them a minority, because 3% is close to 2 million of Asian Peruvians in Peru. The truth is that Peru has people from all over, and they all make and influence Peru as it is today.
Native Americans in the US are a small percentage of the population because of genocide done against them, as well as deceases brought by Europeans. And, finally the set up for reservations in certain areas of the US made possible for them to keep their number low up to today.
6 Barb // Feb 10, 2009 at 10:57 am
Two million Asian Peruvians is a lot of people, but 3% is still a minority within the context of the entire population of Peru.
It’s good that you see beyond race, Miguel. We are all human beings, after all.
7 Einar Jimenez // Mar 17, 2010 at 10:38 am
Hi ! … thanks for your comments ! i’m very happy if our production likes you and produces feelings on you. We have made small changes on the website, now you can find all content and videos of the Inca Princess Photo Project by typing the URL : http://www.incaprincess.org
Chao, saludos desde Cusco !
Einarcha.com
8 Barb // Mar 19, 2010 at 7:27 am
Einar,
Thanks for the update. I love the focus of your project and am glad to spread the word about it.