In this magical book, photographer Santiago Harker takes us on a voyage of discovery through the astonishingly varied landscapes of Colombia. We travel from snowcapped Andean peaks to equatorial rain forests, from fertile fields to parched desert, from the golden stands of the Pacific coast to the crushed coral beaches of the Caribbean Sea. Along the way we stop in villages and towns, become acquainted with some of the country's widely diverse inhabitants, and observe how they go abouñt their daily lives: a Wayú indian woman drying salt in the and Guajira Peninsula; men of African descent mining for gold deep within the Amazon rain forest; a man of Spanish descent heading off to market with a stack of handmade hats; an elderly woman spinning wool; children helping out with the family chores.

The light and color, mood and texture of this spectacular places and poignant faces are exquisitely captured by Harker's lens, giving us a new vision of a complex and dramatic land. In his introduction, Colombian author Juan Carlos Botero writes: '...in the abstract the country has no reality. It does in the particular, however, where it exists as a set of images that we treasure in our hearts and that embody our deepest feelings about a place we knew as children'. It is these images that Santiago Harker has captured, and now, with the publication of this book, everyone can experience the real Colombia.

Author:
• Santiago Harker

Design:
• Benjamín Villegas

Photography:
• Santiago Harker

Preface:
• Juan Carlos Botero

Layout:
• Mercedes Cedeño

Second Edition:
April 1996

ISBN:
958-9138-72-1

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