Marco Garro

Photographer

Daughters of the gold rush

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Location: Peru

Nationality: Peruvian

Biography: Marco Garro is a Peruvian photographer who began his career as a photojournalist in locals newspapers. He has a B.A degree in communication and received a scholarship to complete a master’s photography degree program in Perú. In 2009... MORE

A sex worker waits for the inte...ut three dozen elegal brothels.

A sex worker waits for the interrogation of the police at a brothel located near La Pampa where police are raiding an illegal gold mining operation in the Madre de Dios region of Peru. The Peruvian government raid and destroyed scores of illegal gold mining camps in the Madre de Dios region and also targeted about three dozen elegal brothels.

The belongins of alleged sex wo...ut three dozen elegal brothels.

The belongins of alleged sex workers are seen in a room where they live and work, at a brothel located near La Pampa where police are raiding an illegal gold mining operation in the Madre de Dios region of Peru. The Peruvian government raid and destroyed scores of illegal gold mining camps in the Madre de Dios region and also targeted about three dozen elegal brothels.

The belongins of alleged sex workers are seen in a room where they live and work, at a brothel located near La Pampa where police are raiding an illegal gold mining operation in the Madre de Dios region located to the southeast of Peru. The Peruvian government raid and destroyed scores of illegal gold mining camps in the Madre de Dios region and also targeted about three dozen elegal brothels.

Alleged sex worker rest in her ...out three dozen elegal brothels

Alleged sex worker rest in her bed during a police intervention at a brothel located near La Pampa where police are raiding an illegal gold mining operation in the Madre de Dios region of Peru. The Peruvian government raid and destroyed scores of illegal gold mining camps in the Madre de Dios region and also targeted about three dozen elegal brothels

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Daughters of the gold rush

marco garro

Sep 15, 2016

Location: madre de dios

No one stops the gold rush and exploitation in the Peruvian 
Amazon: thousands of miners destroy forests and enslave people.
Marco Garro, photographer for the Supay collective,Â 
entered one of the camps and portrayed the prison where 
hundreds of sexually exploited women and adolescents
live in miners' bars.

By Marco Garro
Esclavas de la fiebre del oro