1963 LAKE TITICACA PERU An Aymara girl on the Uros floating islands in the Bay of Puno. In the 1960s the islands were inhabited by a small number of people living in the traditional way of the Urus and here the girl is tending the kitchen fire behind a wind break of dried totora reed. The fire is built of clay and stones carried from the mainland and her pots are traditional hand made terracota.

Camera: MPP Microflex Twin Lens Reflex with F3.5 77.5mm Taylor Taylor Hobson lens. Film Kodak Verichrome Pan at F5.6 - 1/300 second. Developed by hand in Lima using Kodak Microdol at normal dilution.

Negative Peru 63-02-12 © Tony Morrison