POTOSI's gold Photo

Photographer’s Note

Potosi was the richest town in the world during some decades in 17th century, it was one of the biggest ones too. There was a giant mine of silver inside a big mountain, at side of the town (El Cerro rico de Potosi), People says all that silver could have build a bridge from Bolivia to Spain. Nowadays we can find a little of these golden age in its streets, palaces, buildings and churches. El Cerro rico is there, at side of the town, miners are looking for other metals, not silver. This church we see is decorated in a especie of bolivian plateresco style, we can see indian elements like the sun and the moon in the decoration. Potosi is very hight town, around 4,000 meters above sea level, it is cold and dry and we don't see so much trees on it. There are some fabulous museuns in this town too.

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Buin (37634) 2006-08-04 12:45

Hallo Jorge!
You show us an interesting and outstanding artwork. The picture shows a lot of details. But we should not forget the many, many women, men and children, who were forced to work here for a starvation wage and who died in this mines. One of the greatest tragedies of mankind. thank you for showing this!
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

hay_kes (28562) 2006-08-04 13:20

Wonderful architecture and picture.Exellent shot.Tfs

hAyAti

Lynette (1615) 2006-08-04 17:20

hi jorge, beautifull architecture and stone. althought some very slight cropping at the top left and bottom right. overall beautifull image. tfs.
sorry out of : )'s will be back.

Flavia (10202) 2006-08-09 12:09

Ola Jorge,

Os detalhes deste altar sao relamente impressionates, me faz pensar nos portais de algumas das igrejas peruanas. O enquadramento esta muito bom, mas esta meio desfocada em algumas partes, nao sei se foi intencional para trazer a atencao p o anjo no centro...

Ate mais,

Flavia

Waylim (10781) 2008-10-28 23:34

Jorge,
This is a beautiful piece of art work so much intricate details and design. It must be impressive to see it up close. The sharpness is a little bit soft. I know this is your older photo which show you have come a long way, but it also show you have good eyes for artwork and you know a good POV and composition. Thanks Jorge, hugs.
Way