Ric Francis
Golden Slum: Golden Slum

Golden Slum, La Rinconada
Indigenous women walk through the streets of what is probably the dirtiest community at the highest altitude in the world. It's a city in Peru's high Andes and is 17,000 feet above sea-level. Its unpaved streets provide transit for stench-filled mud.
Indigenous women walk through the streets of what is probably the dirtiest community at the highest altitude in the world. It's a city in Peru's high Andes and is 17,000 feet above sea-level. Its unpaved streets provide transit for stench-filled mud.
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