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Peru, Fairtrade silver portraits 83 images Created 3 Jul 2014

Photographs of Fairtrade gold and silver miners from the SOTRAMI mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. Images include tintype wetplate collodion images made using the silver from the mine as the main ingredient of the photographic chemistry, connecting the subjects with the materials used in the photographs.
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  • Sean Hawkey inside the gold mine at Santa Filomena, Ayacucho
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  • Photographer Sean Hawkey with Ing Rodolfo Pánez, Santa Filomena, Ayacucho
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  • Miners' wives prepare a meal for mining families outside the SOTRAMI mine during a dispute over a concession.
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  • A bottle of mercury is weighed in a mine store
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  • The sign reads: Minera Sotrami S.A. P"rivate Property, order to shoot"
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  • in the heat of the day in the high Andes of Ayacucho, the collodion plates were developing with strong fogging (on the left) but with the addition of a little Inca Cola to the developer, the fogging disappeared
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  • A Wanxin motorbike
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  • Ing Rodolfo gives a class in the school at Santa Filomena, about health and safety in the mine
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  • School children in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho
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  • wetplate images of miners
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  • mobile wetplate lab, for making wetplate collodion images. Inca Cola can be seen inside the main box, which is used for slowing down the development process
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  • At the SOTRAMI laboratory and foundry, molten gold is poured into an ingot.
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  • Miners' wives prepare a meal for mining families outside the SOTRAMI mine during a dispute over a concession.
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  • Miners' wives prepare a meal for mining families outside the SOTRAMI mine during a dispute over a concession.
    Peru_Hawkey_SOTRAMI_mining_20140626_...jpg
  • mobile wetplate lab, for making wetplate collodion images. Inca Cola can be seen inside the main box, which is used for slowing down the development process
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  • A wetplate collodion image of a miner, drying on a rack
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  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
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  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
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  • Miriam Huillcahuaman Poma, industrial chemist at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine. SOTRAMI is Fairtrade-certified.
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  • in the mine lab, tests with silver nitrate to check gold purity
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  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_10...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_10...jpg
  • At the SOTRAMI laboratory and foundry, molten gold is poured into an ingot.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_10...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_98...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_98...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_10...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_98...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_89...jpg
  • Gold and silver miners of the Fairtrade-certified SOTRAMI mining group demonstrated in Lima about a an illegal claim on the land in the SOTRAMI concession which is forcing them to stop work in a large part of the mine.
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  • Gold and silver miners of the Fairtrade-certified SOTRAMI mining group demonstrated in Lima about a an illegal claim on the land in the SOTRAMI concession which is forcing them to stop work in a large part of the mine.
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  • Gold and silver miners of the Fairtrade-certified SOTRAMI mining group demonstrated in Lima about a an illegal claim on the land in the SOTRAMI concession which is forcing them to stop work in a large part of the mine.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_protest_20140618...jpg
  • Gold and silver miners of the Fairtrade-certified SOTRAMI mining group demonstrated in Lima about a an illegal claim on the land in the SOTRAMI concession which is forcing them to stop work in a large part of the mine.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_protest_20140618...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_88...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
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  • Miners sort sacks of mineral into a cart underground at the SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho.
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  • Lead miners drill into rock underground at the SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho.
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  • A lead miner drills into rock underground at the SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho.
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  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_79...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_65...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_68...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
    Peru_hawkey_SOTRAMI_mine_20140622_61...jpg
  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
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  • Underground at the SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho, miners work on a timber structure to make a walkway safe.
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  • A miner leave a tunnel to the outside at SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho
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  • Underground at the SOTRAMI mine in Ayacucho, a miner checks marks on the mine wall.
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  • The exit ladder
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  • Inside the mine after the blast
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  • dust falling from the ceiling inside the mine
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  • In the workshop inside the mine
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  • The Governor meeting the mayor
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  • The SOTRAMI gold and silver mine is Fairtrade-certified. Part of the mine is closed because of an unresolved claim on their concession. While demonstrations continue, part of the mine is producing gold and silver as normal.
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  • miner.
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  • Chef
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  • Juan
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  • miner.
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  • miner.
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  • Policeman with his pistol. Several policemen arrived at the hut I was staying in one night, and asked for their portraits to be taken. Part of a set of tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate images.
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  • Alberto Escobedo Lozano. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Nicolás Janampa Huacho, 62, miner. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • Edson Lima Chipa. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Teofila, mine worker from Puno. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Inocencio Huamaní Ramos. Miner.
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  • Ing. Camilo Campos. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • A cook at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • Juan Poma, miner and driller. Image taken at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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  • Tito Torres Uscamayta, miner. Tintype portraits from the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Peru. These are scans of collodion wetplate photographs.
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  • Antonio Curi, mining engineer. Curi had recently worked in mines in Zambia.
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  • Ing. Rodolfo Pánez.
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  • Armando Manani Choqrehuayta. Miner.
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  • A miner at the SOTRAMI gold and silver mine in Santa Filomena, Ayacucho, Peru. The image is a scan from a tintype, made using the wetplate collodion process from 1851, and using silver mined at the SOTRAMI mine.
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