Flor Garduno: Witnesses of Time

In remote corners of Central and South America, native Indians continue to practice ancient rituals as they have for millennia. Their rites embody a distinct worldview and a unique perception of time. Witnesses of Time collects Flor Garduño's (born 1957) remarkable pictures where the sacred and symbolic are revealed in daily life.

The result of travels through ritual towns in Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, this volume encompasses landscape, architecture, ceremonies, tableaux, and individual portraits. Figures in Garduño's evocative images become clues to the spirituality of the Indian cosmos. Landforms hint at other, unseen orders of being. Common acts take on an extra dimension through their ritual associations, in communities that still retain their ties to the environment.

Complemented by an introduction by the renowned mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, Witnesses of Time is a tribute to a fascinating way of life, portrayed with an unparalleled grace.