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Images of Nature by Kendall and Susanne Corbin



Women of Ollantaytambo, Peru: Order Code Hn-02
Subject:  Women of Ollantaytambo, Peru
Date: October 1983
Locale: Ollantaytambo, Departamento de Cuzco, Peru
Photographer:  Kendall W. Corbin
Comments: By seeing the flowers placed in the hats of these two young women, one knows immediately that they are looking for husbands.  This is the custom of the native Quichuan people who live in the mountains above Ollantaytambo. The hat also signals that these women speak Quichuan, and not Spanish.
 
Camera: Nikon EM 35 mm SLR
Lens:  Nikon Series E, F1.8, 50mm
Film: Kodachrome 64
35 mm slide scanned at 600 dpi.

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