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Portrait of Carlos Vega, a member of the Likan Antay culture, Atacama Desert, Chile

Carlos Vega is a Likan Antay farmer and healer in the village of Coyo in Chile's remote Atacama desert. I met Carlos when I did an artist residency in Coyo and asked for a portrait one morning after Carlos performed a ceremony on the rangeland where his wife's llama herd is pastured.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Coyo, Chile
Copyright: © Virginia Hines