TONY HU TC H I N GS
Six months in Peru Back in ’82, studio portraiture and still life photographer Tony Hutchings left his Shoreditch, London base to take a cultural sabbatical to Peru, seeking to experience its people and landscapes first hand. Subsequent publication of the work was interrupted by the Sendero Luminoso – until now
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eru was, at the time, emerging from 12 years of military dictatorship, which left a legacy of underlying problems that would make travel to some places in 1982 difficult and hazardous. Tony was travelling pretty light, taking with him all the camping equipment he was likely to need, a copy of the South American Handbook, a couple of Hasselblads and a bunch of Kodak Ektachrome film. The intention from the outset was to move around by coach but on arrival in Lima it quickly became clear that the plan was impractical, so Tony bought a VW Beetle and gathered department maps, local advice and fuel and set out on his own.
< Canyon del Pato ‘Many of the Andean valleys drop steeply down to the coast and are aligned east-west so as the sun sets, light travels up the valleys from a low angle. I was setting up to shoot this scene when a Toyota Landcruiser appeared –the only vehicle I saw for about 150km.’
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