Biography:
Carlotta Boettcher was born in Habana, Cuba, in 1945. She studied philosophy and art history at the University of Madrid from 1963-1968 and printmaking at the Ecole National des Beaux Arts in Paris, France 1968-1971. Self taught initially in...
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Focus:Photographer, Street Art, Documentary, Lifestyle, Arts & Culture, Civil Rights and Social Inequality, Humanitarian, Human Rights, Storyteller, History and Culture Desk
Guatemala City has more than 300 marginal unofficial housing areas built on the edges of the numerous ravines that form part of Guatemala City. These developments continue to grow and expand, often have no city services, no running water, sewage or electricity, people live crowded in small cinder block rooms covered with tin roofs.
