Orquideas Wakanqui
Personal memory by Cleto Quispe
1980 • Machu Picchu, Peru
“Orquideas Wakanqui are disappearing because of the fires and many plants in Winaywana and there are very few plants.Spectacled bears are disappearing because of the fires just like the mountain deer. Deer who are called Haucutaruka”
Maya Lin, Global Residency Program
Creative Time / Rockefeller Foundation
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