18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Mateo y la tierra en humos

My brother, Mateo, overlooks the town of Roldanillo (Cauca Valley, Colombia) as farmers burn sugarcane fields in the distance one warm morning in July. This is the town where my mother grew up, and where my grandparents continue to live.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2018
Date Uploaded: 08.2020
Photo Location: Roldanillo, Cauca Valley, Colombia
Copyright: © Tomás Castro Rojas