What is The Ninos de la Amazonia Project?
Ninos de la Amazonia,
is fascinating visual anthropology
documenting the lives
of the Kukuma Indians in the Peruvian Amazon.
Six children, ages 12 - 15,
were given point and shoot digital cameras,
taught the basics,
and left to record their world
as they see and experience it.
All of the photos were taken
by one of the six children.
The photos are real, intimate and untouched.
How did the Ninos de la Amazonia project begin?
Amy Coplan, founder of the project,
was touched by what she saw
when she visited the village of San Martin de Tipischa
and wanted to do something to help.
After much thought and online research
yielding scant information,
she decided to offer the villagers
the opportunity to tell their story to the larger world
if they wanted...
They did.
©Copyright 2009 Amy Coplan. All rights reserved.
The children documented
all aspects of their lives for one year,
creating photographs
and photographic sequences
that illuminate their everyday realities.