This photographic report on the foundation of Ollantaytambo is a tribute to the landscape and the Inca territorial planning, which achieved a geomorphologic-aesthetic coexistence between men with the Sacred Valley. While the contemporary urban and architectural contexts allow for the study of the Inca practices in planning and design, Ollantaytambo still maintains a living ethnography of its own, wherein its inhabitants live in continuity with their past. The book’s photography relies on the quality of the ancient stone work, the shadows it produces and the constant flow of water to reconstruct an ancestral world that animates the essence of today’s reality. The prologue is written by journalist Rafo León.

Additional information:
Author: Beatrice Velarde
Year of publication: 2004
Language: English, Spanish
Sponsor: Promperú
Photography/Illustration: Beatrice Velarde
Pages: 200
Size: 33 × 25 cm
Legal deposit: 2006-9076
ISBN: 9972-9765-8-0
Copyright: Apus Graph Ediciones