THERE IS A RUSTLING in the crowd. Small talk and light commotion fill the void of white noise, and the last few people trickle into…
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Every weekend, street artists in Miraflores bring more color to the city. LIMA HAS A reputation of being a gray and gloomy city, so perhaps…
Vibrant stage lights, electric guitar riffs and flailing limbs of enthusiastic moshers and crowd-surfers filled the Concord Music Hall on April 19 as fans celebrated…
But a valuable skill for maneuvering Lima’s streets. “Two for S/.20, my queens!” By Sophie Pokorny LIMA BOASTS SOME very aggressive salespeople. Although meant to…
On Sept. 15, 1963, four girls were killed in a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama by white supremacists. Fifty-six years later, photographer Dawoud Bey finds…
Ethnocentrism in Peruvian advertising does not represent the local population. WHEN I WAS about 6 or 7, my mother would take my brother and me…
In Peru, animals are just as much a part of the culture as the people. Ride a llama, buy a sweater made from alpaca fur,…
How the elders of Lima are staying young I WAS TRYING to take pictures in Kennedy Park in Miraflores when all of a sudden I…