Documentary Photographer & Storyteller
Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I was always told I could do and be anything I wanted, and I believed it. We, as a generation, were told to reach for the stars, that the sky was the limit, that the world was our oyster, that it was at our feet, in the palm… Continue reading Nomadic Life: Chasing Waterfalls in the Amazon
Habรญa estado tratando de escribir algo sobre Manaus en las รบltimas semanas; algo de esta extraรฑa y loca ciudad de concreto que no logro entender pero que me ha encantado desde la noche que lleguรฉ. Ubicada en el medio del Amazonas, Manaus tiene 2.5 millones de habitantes y se extiende por mรกs de 11,000 kmยฒ… Continue reading Mi Vida Nรณmada: Encontrando el Camino desde Manaus
Photographs of my journey over the Amazon River, from Leticia, in Colombia, to Manaus, in Brazil.
Dรญa 1 Desde la cubierta del Itaberaba 1, embarcaciรณn que nos lleva de Tabatinga a Manaus, vemos cรณmo se esconde el sol detrรกs del rรญo en un escรกndalo de visos rojos que cortan las pocas nubes que se atreven a cruzarlo. La luz roja ilumina las hamacas coloridas que cuelgan en las cubiertas, meciรฉndose con… Continue reading Mi Vida Nรณmada: Viajando a Manaus, La Puerta del Amazonas
Day 1 From the deck of the Itaberaba I, the boat that will take us from Tabatinga to Manaus, we watch the sun set behind the river in a scandalous show of red lights that break through the few clouds that dare cross it. The sunlight shines on the colourful hammocks that adorn the decks… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: Travelling to Manaus, Gateway to the Amazon
Volver a la selva es como volver a casa; es regresar a un lugar tan natural para mรญ que siento que nunca hubiera estado lejos. Llegar a Leticia ha marcado el comienzo de una nueva aventura, la promesa de cumplir un sueรฑo eterno que ha consumido mi imaginaciรณn desde que tengo uso de ella. Y… Continue reading Mi Vida Nรณmada: Volviendo a la Selva
Coming back to the jungle is like coming home; itโs returning to a place so natural to me that I feel like I was never far away. Arriving in Leticia has marked the beginning of a new adventure, of fulfilling an eternal dream that has consumed my imagination since Iโve had use of it.And it… Continue reading My Nomadic Life: Back in the Jungle
In May 2014, I had the opportunity to return to the Colombian Amazon, this time working as a translator for a documentary film on mining and the significance of gold for the indigenous ethnic groups of the Yaigoje-Apaporis territory and National Natural Park.
Los jรณvenes indรญgenas a quienes acompaรฑamos durante las dos semanas del taller, fueron escogidos por sus comunidades para realizar el trabajo de investigaciรณn y digitalizaciรณn de la formaciรณn del Rรฉgimen Especial de Manejo (REM) para su territorio, el resguardo y Parque Nacional Yaigojรฉ-Apaporis. * The young indigenous men we stayed with during the two weeks… Continue reading Amazonas: Talleres & Entrevistas / Workshops & Interviews
They said the gods smiled upon us long enough to complete our task. Then the rain came. We sailed down the Apaporis River, away from La Libertad, a sacred waterfall considered to be the origin of life for the seven ethnic groups of the Yaigojรฉ-Apaporis National Natural Park in the Colombian Amazon.
Laura Restrepo Ortega 