Machu Picchu and Martin
Chambi
Hiram Bingham was not the first to reach Machu Picchu
and be amazed, but had the merit of being the first person to recognize the
importance of the ruins. Others had him preceded.
Martin Chambi, Peruvian photographer, took care to show
the world the charm and majesty of Machu Picchu with a set of beautiful
pictures, in black and white, that impact the quality of the frames and content
of the photographs.
Martin Chambi Jiménez (November 5, 1891, September 13,
1973) was born in the Puno province of Carabaya, Puno. Coming from a family of
farmers, he became over the years one of the most important photographers who
had the Peru.
Chambi knew how to portray their true essence in the
life of his time in the countryside and the city. He is considered a pioneer of
portrait photography. Recognized for his pictures of deep biological and ethnic
witness, profoundly he portrayed the Peruvian population, both indigenous and
the population in general.
Chambi was a documentary photographer, so do not
cancel his artistic talent. The photographs of Machu Picchu income portray a
citadel abandoned and still dominated by the jungle, but also exposed from
their frames, with shadows and approaches, the monumental nature of the place.
Between 1924 and 1928, Martin Chambi and Juan Manuel
Figueroa took many pictures in Machu Picchu that were published in different
Peruvian magazines, massifying local interest on the ruins and turning them
into a national symbol.
According to Teo Allain, his grandson, Machu Picchu
was one of his favorite places, which is reflected in the extensive photographic
record of the place. "My grandfather respected Machu Picchu by their
remoteness and majesty," says Allain, who retains scanned images and
several hundred more plates. He does not remember how many times Martin Chambi
went to the structure considered today a wonder of the world.
Vargas Llosa says Chambi:
"It's risky
overemphasize the testimonial value of your pictures. They have it, too, but
they express it to him as much as the environment in which he lived and
witnessed (...) that when you put a camera behind a giant, a true inventor
force, recreating life "became.
Martin Chambi always sought to learn more about their
craft, learn from their elders in Arequipa (where very young he met the Vargas
brothers), in Cuzco, Lima or abroad.
REFERENCES
FOTOS: Machu Picchu a través de los ojos del maestro
Martín Chambi
Martin Chambi Jimenez
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Chambi_Jim%C3%A9nez
