Faces of the Jungle: Forgotten Innocence

EIn the heart of the Colombian Amazon, in a land that seems to have broken away from the rest of the world, a photographic series is born—one that invites reflection on lost innocence and the invisibility of Indigenous peoples. "Faces of the Jungle: Forgotten Innocence" is a visceral portrait of Curripaco childhood, where children become the embodiment of a wounded and forgotten territory, and of a time that races forward in a place where life is lived fast, only to die young.

The images, steeped in a deep and silent gaze, confront us with the faces of these children, whose lives are shaped by a harsh and distant reality. In every portrait, the purity of childhood stands in stark contrast to the hardness of a hostile environment, where the jungle—with its towering trees—seems to swallow and forget those who dwell within it. Here, the vulnerability of children is shown not only as a physical reality, but as a metaphor for a people who, though part of Colombia, seem invisible to the rest of the world.

The work explores human fragility in a land that, far from being a natural paradise, is devastated by environmental abuse and social indifference. The contrast between the beauty of youth and the weight of forced maturity reveals itself in the intensity of the Curripaco children’s eyes—an involuntary response to a world that demands they grow up too quickly.

In a place where the jungle is more a refuge than a home,
"Faces of the Jungle" tells the stories of those who remain unseen. A series of portraits that unveil the struggle for survival on the edge of fragility and oblivion—and that leave us with the uneasy question of how many other faces are still waiting to be seen.

Guaviare - Colombia