Nonesuch Silver Prints 1961 Early black and white photographs of the Inca heartland

1961 Peru Cusco A group of girls in traditional Cusco white hats visiting the massive Inca construction of Sacsayhuaman on a hill above the city. Some of these stones are said to weigh up to 200 tons and fit together perfectly without mortar. In 1961 the girls were among the few visitors to this now well trodden site.

Camera Leica lll F with a collapsible Leitz f 5cm 1.3.5 lens. Film Panatomic X at F5.6 - 1/100 second. The camera was on loan and my film was cut from bulk rolls and loaded in a re-loadable Leica cassette. It was a convenient low cost way of carrying film but not ideal. The film had to be loaded in the dark and static electricity always attracted dust which shows on the negative. Hand-processed in Lima using May and Baker Promicrol at normal dilution.