Christo Geoghegan: Witch Hunt: The Banished of Balsapuerto: 1
Format:Hardback
Publisher:RM Verlag SL
Published:30th Nov '22
Should be back in stock very soon
An artistic and critical inquiry into a slew of 10-year-old unsolved murders in the Peruvian Amazon Winner of the Arles Author’s Book Award, 2023 In 2011, 14 indigenous Shawi healers were brutally murdered in the Peruvian Amazon, in a region called Balsapuerto. This publication is an investigation into these murders, featuring images by British documentary photographer Christo Geoghegan (born 1988) alongside original artwork, interviews, police records and other archival materials.
Witch Hunt is a deep dive into a particular time and place, and on those terms it is fascinating. Its implications also extend much further. * British Journal of Photography *
Witch Hunt skillfully combines the story’s disparate elements – religion, colonialism, corruption, and underdevelopment – so that a general audience can understand the events and connect with their devastating repercussions. -- Arturo Soto * VII Foundation *
ISBN: 9788419233264
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424 pages