People of Cusco

I've never been acquainted with Peruvians before Cusco and I must admit there was an element of culture shock to our visit. Mostly, South Americans are very friendly people. Around Cusco you get a real sense of Inca pride and although this is quite interesting at first, we started to grow weary of it. It may have something to do with feeling as though people are only after the tourist dollar. Peru is not very rich and we couldn't help but feel that tourists are seen as a bit of a cash-cow.

Never the less Cusco is a great place to visit. Highly interesting and architecturally very unique. Inca ruins mixed with Spanish influence - doesn't come along every day.

One thing is the people who are willing to be photographed - for a fee of course. I don't do a lot of portraiture. Frankly, people just don't behave like rocks do. But I did manage to take a couple that I liked.

Artisan weaver. I bought a beautiful table cloth from this lady. I love how she is sitting on such colourful materials. Canon EOS 50D, 1/125, f/6.3, ISO 100, 28mm. 

Another Artisan weaver at the National Museum. Canon EOS 50D f/4.5 1/60 ISO 100 35mm