Rostro con Peces, Shipibo Conibo, Pucallpa, Peru (Face with Fish, Shipibo Conibo, Pucallpa, Peru) 1996

"Rostro con Peces, Shipibo Conibo, Pucallpa, Peru" (Face with Fish, Shipibo Conibo, Pucallpa, Peru), a 1996 black and white photograph by Javier Silva Meinel, depicts a Shipibo Conibo woman with two fish covering her eyes, creating a startling and surreal image. The photograph highlights the indigenous culture of the Shipibo Conibo people and their relationship to their environment in the Amazon rainforest. The woman's stoic expression and the unsettling nature of the fish over her eyes, combined with Meinel's masterful composition and use of light, create a powerful and evocative piece of anthropological portraiture.