1961
LAKE TITICACA BOLIVIA at an altitude of 3,812 metres (12,507 feet) in the
Andes mountains. An Aymara woman and her daughter on the southern shore
of Lake Titicaca collecting totora reed. The reed is dried and used for making
mats and reed boats. The young totora is cut and given to cattle. In the background
is the Cordillera Real of the Andes with some peaks reaching over 6000 metres. Camera:
MPP Microflex Twin Lens Reflex with F3.5 77.5mm Taylor Taylor Hobson lens. Film
Kodak Verichrome Pan at F5.6 - 1/125 second with a 3 x orange filter (Actina).
Developed by hand in La Paz using May and Baker Promicrol at normal dilution.
Negative:
Bolivia 61-20 © Tony Morrison
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