I photographed Juliana and her son, Alex, last November, high in The Andes Mountains, in Peru.While
I photographed Juliana and her son, Alex, last November, high in The Andes Mountains, in Peru.While pregnant, Juliana suffered a severe accident on the steep, narrow paths around her isolated village. By miracle the baby survived. Because of her medical condition, Juliana was forced to move in the nearest city where she continued to live after the birth. But Juliana comes here as often as possible and hopes that her medical condition will someday allow her to move back. She loves her village, she loves the mountains and she feels that this is the only place where she and her son can connect with Pachamama, the most important goddess revered by indigenous people of the Andes, also known as Mother Earth. It’s been almost 500 years since this part of Latin America was conquered by Europeans. But Pachamama is still there, in the souls of the people, giving them strength and hope. A mother taking care of her children. -- source link