23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
The Lord of the Andes

Portrait of an inhabitant of the Andean highlands of Mérida state in Venezuela, the character poses in front of the Valley called Cañada de Las González in the Sierra de La Culata National Park.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Mérida, Venezuela
Copyright: © Gerson Alvarado