Woman with her children at her washing place by the river, Ayachucho, Peru 1978
The stranger with the glass eye is still a little outrageous for the daughter in the sling
Archway in Cusco
Bakery in Cusco
Meeting with bakers in Cusco
All family members help out
The old baker sits behind the sales counter, Cusco
Firewood stock of the bakery
Inca woman with the typical hat at a market in Cusco
Setting off in the rain in the morning
Encounter with wood collectors on the trail
Crossing the Urubamba with a cargo gondola
Camping in the wall ring of the Winay Wayna fortress
Rest on the Abra de Warmiwañiusca pass at an altitude of 4,200 meters
After four exhausting days, Machu Picchu lies before us
View over the ruined city of Machu Picchu
Descent to Machu Picchu
Support for the wooden beams of a roof in the Winay Wayan fortress ruins
Winay Wayna Fortress
Overland by truck from Peru to Bolivia
1978, already the second military coup and resistance of the population in this year
The putschists tried to gain the upper hand with tanks (they only entered the city during the day)
Hundreds of civilians were murdered during the two military coups in 1978
Only questions and hopes remain

South America 1978

in 1978, the newly qualified architect Karl (in his second year after graduating) set off on his first trip outside Europe. Completely unprepared, totally naive and without a plan, but with a lot of curiosity in his luggage. One goal was a 50 km hike through an almost deserted landscape in the Andes to the legendary Inca city of Machu Picchu. In Peru and Bolivia, the amateur photographer was confronted for the first time with approaching people from cultures completely foreign to him with his beloved camera. With a little Spanish and a lot of sign language, he attempted a dialog across the deep rifts between the cultures. The Indians in particular were extremely reticent, as they had previously expected rather bad things from white Europeans. But in view of Karl's genuine curiosity about culture and everyday life, he managed to get locals in front of his camera. At the end of his trip, KaJo was caught up in a bloody army coup in Bolivia's capital La Paz and was flown out with other tourists after a few days.