Angela Ponce

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Location: Lima, Peru

Nationality: Peruvian

Biography: Ángela Ponce is a documentary photographer and photojournalist based in Peru. She focuses on long-term projects that approach Latin American social issues, political conflicts, disability rights and memory. During 2019, she was awarded; 2nd... MORE

Cemetery workers wearing protec...grapher: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

Cemetery workers wearing protective masks carry the coffin of a person who died from the coronavirus at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Peru is battling one of the worst outbreaks of coronavirus in South America, with more than 241,000 cases and over 7,000 deaths. Photographer: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

Medical worker wearing personal...grapher: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

Medical worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) inside the intensive care unit at Hospital de Emergencias Villa El Salvador in Lima, Peru, on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. Latin America now accounts for 7 of the worldâ€™s 10 deadliest Covid-19 hot spots, with Peru adding 154 fatalities per million to its tally, higher than anywhere else in the world. Photographer: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

A family wearing protective mas...grapher: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

A family wearing protective masks mourns during the burial of a relative who died from the coronavirus at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Peru is battling one of the worst outbreaks of coronavirus in South America, with more than 241,000 cases and over 7,000 deaths. Photographer: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

A family wearing protective masks shovel over the tomb of a relative who died from the coronavirus at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Peru is battling one of the worst outbreaks of coronavirus in South America, with more than 241,000 cases and over 7,000 deaths. Photographer: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

A worker wearing a protective m...grapher: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

A worker wearing a protective mask carries a casket at the Vida Eterna manufacturing facility in Lima, Peru, on Friday, June 26, 2020. Peru is seeing one of the largest coronavirus outbreaks in the world and has recorded the most deaths per capita in the region. Photographer: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

A women wearing protective mask...grapher: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

A women wearing protective masks mourns during the burial of a relative who died from the coronavirus at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Peru is battling one of the worst outbreaks of coronavirus in South America, with more than 241,000 cases and over 7,000 deaths. Photographer: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

Empty graves in the area for bu...grapher: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

Empty graves in the area for burials of people who died due to the coronavirus at the Chocas cemetery in Lima, Peru, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. Peru has set another grim record by reporting the highest number of deaths per capita from the coronavirus, overtaking Belgium as the nation with the most victims. Photographer: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg

A family wearing protective masks carry the coffin of a person who died from the coronavirus at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Peru is battling one of the worst outbreaks of coronavirus in South America, with more than 241,000 cases and over 7,000 deaths. Photographer: Angela Ponce/Bloomberg