Tribute to Martín Chambí, a photo from Cusco, South

Photographer's Note

This picture tries to be a tribute to Martín Chambí, a great peruvian photographer that took wonderful documentary pictures about Cusco, Machu Picchu and the daily life of the original people of his home region.
He helped decisively to make this wonderful site, Machu Picchu, and also his rich quechua culture, more famous and accesible to the rest of the world.

Here's a good description of this important photographer taken from the Wikipedia:

"Martín Chambi Jiménez (a.k.a Martín Chambi de Coaza, Puno, Peru 1891 – Cuzco, 1973) was photographer, originally from southern Peru, the only major indigenous Latin American photographer of his time.

Recognized for the profound historic and ethnic documentary value of his photographs, he was a prolific portrait photographer in the towns and countryside of the Peruvian Andes. As well as being the leading portrait photographer in Cuzco, Chambi made many landscape photographs, which he sold mainly in the form of postcards, a format he was a pioneer of in Peru. In 1979, New York's MOMA held a Chambi retrospective, which later travelled to various locations and inspired other international expositions of his work."

I gave to the original image a B&W filter to improve the ancestral and documentary sensation.

I hope you like my picture.

Best Regards
Víctor

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wishlist (4133) 2008-03-20 5:03

Hello Victor,
I like the result you've delievered here; and the choice of the b&w enhances even more the nice mood you brought in. Quality seems to be ok throughout, with good sharpness and well visible details. The great note makes the whole lot a perfect TE package.
Thanks for sharing it.
Regards,

Igor

trekks (14348) 2008-03-20 5:34

hi victor

Very nicely composed view in this pov of ancient civilisation. Good work.

TFS, bill

MiguelP (14434) 2008-03-20 6:00

Hola Victor... Ayer también vi una buena foto del Machu-Pichu, y esta también la iguala en reproducir la mágia del lugar. Funciona muy bien la composición con este blanco y negro que te marcas. Las nubes dan relieve al cielo. Bonita foto.
Miguel

Clairedelune (4911) 2008-03-20 7:28

Hello Victor,
Numerous photos of Machu Picchu in TE and elsewhere... Very hard to be different. Still... what an incredible place! And though I know there is often clouds and fog, I must say that you were lucky to have such photogenic ones the day you took this photo. This is grandiose. And a mysterious atmosphere.
I think you have sharpened just a wee bit too much though. There is a fine line of whiter pixels where the contrast are stronger.
Still, I think it is a good photo of Machu Picchu.
Thank you also for the note about Martín Chambí. I looked at some of his photos that were in the Internet, and I was amazed, especially for his pictures of the people. Great work!
Claire

atpires (466) 2008-03-20 7:49

Hi Victor
I agree with Claire. You sharpened a bit too much. I suggest you repost it with less sharpening for this is a wonderful photo of Machu Picchu. And so much so when there are thousands of pictures of the place.
António

amcolli (569) 2008-03-20 14:43

great mood and great picture victyor, you are right, to my heart this is definitely a b/W picture
ciao fo rnow
anna

PaulVDV (12410) 2008-03-23 12:54

Hello Victor,
This is a very beautiful b&w picture of Machu Picchu. It must have been very early: I see no visitors.
Beautiful composition with the mountains and the clouds.
Greetings, Paul

mariandrea (973) 2008-03-25 11:02

Hola Victor, muy buen tributo... Hermosa foto con una definicion casi perfecta y las nubes justo sobre el pico(Wainapichu" creo que se llama....) le dan una atmosfera especial. Chau chau,

Maria

adores (24262) 2008-03-25 18:47

Hi Victor!
I'm not very used to see this place in B&W but it's great here, especially with those white clouds surrounding the ountains and all these ruins in foreground. A magnificent pov!

mirarer (4751) 2008-03-26 1:57

Hola Victor,
No es otra imagen cualquiera de Machu Picchu. Creo que tu trabajo en blanco y negro funciona muy bien, es efectivo y por supuesto diferente. En cuanto a la nota muy interesante y junto con la foto un excelente homenaje a Martín Chambí (como no lo conocía de nada he aprovechado para buscar en Internet y ver sus fotos). Siempre se aprende algo nuevo en TE.
Además se me ponen los dientes largos porque es otro de los sitios que querría visitar.
Un abrazo y hasta pronto,
Mirari

sonkai (1099) 2008-03-27 15:10

Hola Victor.
Interesante la nota y la foto,creo que consigues la sensacion que buscabas con el B&W,y creo ademas que no habia visto ninguna version de este lugar en B&W,definitivamente aprobada.Al igual que a Mirarer me acabas de poner los dientes largos,por el mismo motivo..
Un saludo,
Sonsoles.

jubiladojesus (1) 2008-03-28 10:20 [Comment]

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abanibi (749) 2008-03-28 16:31

Hola Víctor! De nuevo me vuelves a sorprender con un fotón! :-) Qué maravilla! Digno de figurar en los libros. El B&N es excelente, el encuadre perfecto, y las nubes la guinda del pastel. Otra cosa curiosa es que no hay nadie :-O
Gracias por la foto excelente y por permitirme conocer la obra de Martín, aunque te diré que tu Machu Picchu no tiene nada que envidiarle.
Muy buen trabajo! Oye, no abuses de los zenkius que andan quitando fotos por las respuestas con zenkius excesivos :-(
Un abrazo,
Inés

kaptan (1444) 2008-03-29 0:46

wow.wonderful capture.greetings.nezih