Amazon

They woke up to thousands of sounds echoing from the jungle and lived by the rhythm of the sun. The Amazon stripped everything down to the essential. The Achuar people fiercely protect their land and living with them taught me how beautiful the harmony between humans and nature can be.

Two Achuar children standing close, gazing curiously at the camera, Amazon rainforest

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Young Achuar girl in a woven hammock, holding her sibling, looking pensive.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Laughter and joy: Achuar children posing together against wooden house wall.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Palm tree next to a wooden stilt house along an Amazonian riverbank, Ecuador.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Shirtless Achuar elder smiling proudly in a lush Amazonian environment.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Group of Achuar children playing barefoot in grassy village field, Amazon.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Achuar children resting in a hammock inside a traditional wooden house, Ecuadorian Amazon

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Two young Achuar children, smiling on wooden porch of their home.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Two Achuar girls in traditional dress, standing in dense green Amazon jungle

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Achuar kids playing football barefoot on muddy village ground in Ecuador’s Amazon

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Achuar children running on grassy field, village houses in the background.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Young Achuar boy pointing, standing in front of a wooden Amazonian house.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Achuar man carving wood outside a house, Amazonian craftsmanship in progress

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Smiling Achuar woman holding cocoa pods, standing in front of jungle crops

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Achuar elder with red headband and beaded necklace, standing in jungle clearing.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Traditional Achuar hammock shelter at dawn, fog hanging over the Amazon forest.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Misty morning in the Amazon jungle, lush vegetation and humid atmosphere.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Group of Achuar boys smiling and hugging each other in their jungle village.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

View of an Achuar village house surrounded by tropical trees and open field.

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Achuar children climbing a large jungle tree near their home in the Amazon

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

Achuar woman and children indoors, warm light illuminating traditional Amazonian life

Achuar Saapap Entsa, Ecuador – 2019

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