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La Rinconada: Gold Mining in the Peruvian Andes
Moises Saman
Earlier this year Moises Saman traveled to La Rinconada, Peru, to photograph unsafe conditions at its gold mines for The New Yorker. The Peruvian government is attempting to regulate mining standards but in the mean time operations such as those at La Rinconada have been left alone resulting in environmental contamination and dangerous working conditions. Hungry individuals flock to the area to try their luck at extracting gold, despite the fact that laborers aren't protected by standards that are typically enforced at large mining operations.
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PERU. Lunar de Oro. March 3, 2015. View of the town of La Rinconada,...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 26, 2015. Miners walk down a from...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 25, 2015. A miner walks past a beggar...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 25, 2015. Offerings of liquor, fruit,...
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PERU. La Rinconada. March 2, 2015. A strip dancer performs in...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 27, 2015. Miners gather at the entrance...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 25, 2015. A miner with a head-lamp...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 25, 2015. A perforation crew at...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 27, 2015. Villagers walk on a road...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 25, 2015. A perforation crew at...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 25, 2015. Miners at work deep inside...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 28, 2015. Hundreds of plastic hoses...
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PERU. La Rinconada. March 1, 2015. Miners walk home after finishing...
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PERU. Lunar de Oro. February 28, 2015. A miner uses a truck to...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 28, 2015. A woman working as "pallaquera"...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 24, 2015. A woman and her two children...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 27, 2015. A miner braves a heavy...
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PERU. Poquera. February 28, 2015. The fur of a vicuna lays in...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 28, 2015. An official from the town...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 26, 2015. An abandoned classroom...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 27, 2015. A miner braves a heavy...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 25, 2015. A Peruvian miner inside...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 24, 2015. Miners and other residents...
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PERU. La Rinconada. March 3, 2015. A woman working as a bar hostess...
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PERU. La Rinconada. March 2, 2015. An off-duty miner in the center...
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PERU. Lunar de Oro. February 28, 2015. Women working as "pallaqueras",...
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PERU. Lunar de Oro. March 3, 2015. Entrances to a gold mine carved...
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PERU. Lunar de Oro. March 3, 2015. Miners on their way to work...
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PERU. Poquera. February 28, 2015. Villagers sit next to dried...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 25, 2015. A beggar wrapped in a...
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PERU. La Rinconada. 2015. Miner.
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PERU. Lunar de Oro. March 3, 2015. Josmell Ilasaca Mamani, 30,...
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PERU. La Rinconada. March 3, 2015. Effigies of miners covered...
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PERU. La Rinconada. February 28, 2015. A local shaman, or spiritual...
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PERU. Ananea. March 3, 2015. A cross covered with carnival decorations...
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