Photographing Lima’s colonial centre
December 14, 2008
I recently spent a day walking around the old centre of Lima, once one of the most important and wealthiest cities in the Spanish Empire and the entire world. Its prestige has faded quite a bit, thanks to suffocating internal migration in the 50′s and ex- turned- current President Alan García’s reign of economic destruction and devastation in the 80′s.
These were the results… use the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard to browse through.
The Cats of Parque Kennedy
Ancón
Priest killed in robbery at San Francisco Convent, Lima
Peru's hard-hitting Oscar film hope divides opinion [Featured]
Leguías Lima of the early 1900s
Peru at the Movies: The Emperor’s New Groove
TWENTY rare pink dolphins killed in Peru's Amazon
Oechsle - Peru's original department store
Police recover Inca mummy among artefacts to sold on black market
Chicharrón for breakfast, there's nothing like it
Klaus Koschmieder - Latest Chachapoyan Discoveries
Building boats in Santa Rosa
What camera do you use for your photos? Those are some really incredible city shots!
Thanks Rachel!
I use a compact, a Panasonic Lumix covered in black electrical tape. It does the job, but I’d love something with a wide-angle lens.
I’m going to do Barranco and Cerro San Cristobal when I get the chance.
Barranco is great. I took some photos there earlier this year, unfortunately my Kodak has a terribly annoying vignetting problem, but I was still able to get some nice shots.
I recommend exploring some of the tucked in streets (Pedro de Osma side – not the back.) Barranco is tucked with hidden gems.
Down the Bajada de Los Baños there is a couple who are artists and owners of one of the Casonas. If you get a chance ask to speak with Toni Kourich and his wife Consuelo. You’ll normally hear Piano music coming from their house. They are very nice and interesting people.
Here’s a video I did with my Kodak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfaPbSENTPA
*Toni is the bearded man playing the piano in the video.
Can’t wait to see what great photos you’ll get from Barranco and San Cristobal.
Great pictures. I agree that Lima had its day and now lost some of its attraction, at least in some burroughs. We thought of the same thing when we visited Ancon recently…
BTW – excellent blog, I linked back from ours.
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