Publisher's Synopsis
An artistic and critical inquiry into a slew of 10-year-old unsolved murders in the Peruvian Amazon
Winner of the Arles Author's Book Award, 2023
In 2011, 14 indigenous Shawi healers were brutally murdered in the Peruvian Amazon, in a region called Balsapuerto. This publication is an investigation into these murders, featuring images by British documentary photographer Christo Geoghegan (born 1988) alongside original artwork, interviews, police records and other archival materials.
