Girl feeding pigeons in Plaza de Armas, Arequipa / photo c. Jorge Vera 2008
Arequipa, the White City
rimmed by volcanic mountains
home to cloistered nuns, virgin sacrifices
& this sombre girl in the Plaza de Armas
feeding pigeons from her fingertips.
– Barbara R. Drake
In March, El Fotografo, El Hijo and I went to a wedding in Arequipa, an old colonial city in southern Peru. The wedding reception was held at a sort of an ecological/conservation site, which included a mini farm with typical Peruvian animals: llamas, alpacas, sheep and a lone vicuna. There were about 250 people at the [...]