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Jacob Aue Sobol - GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family. - Jacob Aue Sobol

Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family.

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family. - Jacob Aue Sobol

Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family.

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. David likes to dig in the ground, and he always finds much more than roots. When the day is over there are always new plants or seeds in his bag, which he replants in the family's soil. - Jacob Aue Sobol

GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. David likes to dig in the ground, and he always finds much more than roots. When the day is over there are always new plants or seeds

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family. - Jacob Aue Sobol

Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family.

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. A few times a year it is barber day. David is covered with a white sheet to keep him clean from the hair. It is April and so warm that the earth cracks open. Indigenous Family, Guatemala. The Gomez Brito family lives in a remote area of the mountains in Guatemala near the village of Nebaj. Nebaj is part of the Ixil-triangle, an area of three towns that maintains one of the strongest indigenous cultures in Guatemala. Even though the number of natives makes out the majority of the population in the country, they are still discriminated in many ways. Most of them live in poverty and many work on farms earning a wage of 2-3 dollars a day. In the late 1970s and 1980s, the Ixil-region was engulfed in a civil war, killing and displacing thousands of Ixil Mayans. During the war the portrayed family lost their youngest child, who died of hunger and disease when hiding in the surrounding mountains. Today, in the very same mountains, the mother Juanita and the father Andrs live with their nine children. Unlike many other families from this area, they have succeeded in keeping the family together by working hard on their own pieces of land. From early morning to sunset the daily routine is to collect fruits and berries, cultivate the land - which mainly consist of corn and beans - and breed the animals. Even though the chance of a change in their life is most unlikely, all the children have different dreams for the future. Maria, 7, wants to continue school and get an education, Faustino, 18, is eager to find a way to enter the USA, while David, 6, claims that his wish is to take over the family's land, when his father retires. - Jacob Aue Sobol

GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. A few times a year it is barber day. David is covered with a white sheet to keep him clean from the hair. It is April and so warm tha...

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family. - Jacob Aue Sobol

Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family.

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family. - Jacob Aue Sobol

Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family.

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. Guatemalan Faustino GOMEZ BRITO. Faustino is 18 years old and dreams about going to the USA to find work and a wife. Before bedtime he stands in front of the mirror and practices the words over and over again: hat, shirt, trousers socks. Someone has told him that these are the words he needs to memorize to get past the border patrol and into the United States of America. But Faustino also feels a responsibility of taking care of his brothers and sisters. In the background his sister Magdelena is sewing. Indigenous Family, Guatemala. The Gomez Brito family lives in a remote area of the mountains in Guatemala near the village of Nebaj. Nebaj is part of the Ixil-triangle, an area of three towns that maintains one of the strongest indigenous cultures in Guatemala. Even though the number of natives makes out the majority of the population in the country, they are still discriminated in many ways. Most of them live in poverty and many work on farms earning a wage of 2-3 dollars a day. In the late 1970s and 1980s, the Ixil-region was engulfed in a civil war, killing and displacing thousands of Ixil Mayans. During the war the portrayed family lost their youngest child, who died of hunger and disease when hiding in the surrounding mountains. Today, in the very same mountains, the mother Juanita and the father AndrÃ©s live with their nine children. Unlike many other families from this area, they have succeeded in keeping the family together by working hard on their own pieces of land. From early morning to sunset the daily routine is to collect fruits and berries, cultivate the land - which mainly consist of corn and beans - and breed the animals. Even though the chance of a change in their life is most unlikely, all the children have different dreams for the future. Maria, 7, wants to continue school and get an education, Faustino, 18, is eager to find a way to enter the USA, while David, 6, claims that his wish is to take over the family. - Jacob Aue Sobol

GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. Guatemalan Faustino GOMEZ BRITO. Faustino is 18 years old and dreams about going to the USA to find work and a wife. Before bedtime h...

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family. - Jacob Aue Sobol

Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family.

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. Maria stretches her legs after a long day of work. The shoes she chose herself at the marketplace with her mother. Indigenous Family, Guatemala. The Gomez Brito family lives in a remote area of the mountains in Guatemala near the village of Nebaj. Nebaj is part of the Ixil-triangle, an area of three towns that maintains one of the strongest indigenous cultures in Guatemala. Even though the number of natives makes out the majority of the population in the country, they are still discriminated in many ways. Most of them live in poverty and many work on farms earning a wage of 2-3 dollars a day. In the late 1970s and 1980s, the Ixil-region was engulfed in a civil war, killing and displacing thousands of Ixil Mayans. During the war the portrayed family lost their youngest child, who died of hunger and disease when hiding in the surrounding mountains. Today, in the very same mountains, the mother Juanita and the father AndrÃ©s live with their nine children. Unlike many other families from this area, they have succeeded in keeping the family together by working hard on their own pieces of land. From early morning to sunset the daily routine is to collect fruits and berries, cultivate the land - which mainly consist of corn and beans - and breed the animals. Even though the chance of a change in their life is most unlikely, all the children have different dreams for the future. Maria, 7, wants to continue school and get an education, Faustino, 18, is eager to find a way to enter the USA, while David, 6, claims that his wish is to take over the family's land, when his father retires. - Jacob Aue Sobol

GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. Maria stretches her legs after a long day of work. The shoes she chose herself at the marketplace with her mother. Indigenous Family,...

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. When the Gomez Brito gamily has something to celebrate they have a special dinner. One of the children has finished the exams and two chickens have been slaughtered. They are now hanging from the ceiling above the fireplace ready to be cooked. Indigenous Family, Guatemala. The Gomez Brito family lives in a remote area of the mountains in Guatemala near the village of Nebaj. Nebaj is part of the Ixil-triangle, an area of three towns that maintains one of the strongest indigenous cultures in Guatemala. Even though the number of natives makes out the majority of the population in the country, they are still discriminated in many ways. Most of them live in poverty and many work on farms earning a wage of 2-3 dollars a day. In the late 1970s and 1980s, the Ixil-region was engulfed in a civil war, killing and displacing thousands of Ixil Mayans. During the war the portrayed family lost their youngest child, who died of hunger and disease when hiding in the surrounding mountains. Today, in the very same mountains, the mother Juanita and the father AndrÃ©s live with their nine children. Unlike many other families from this area, they have succeeded in keeping the family together by working hard on their own pieces of land. From early morning to sunset the daily routine is to collect fruits and berries, cultivate the land - which mainly consist of corn and beans - and breed the animals. Even though the chance of a change in their life is most unlikely, all the children have different dreams for the future. Maria, 7, wants to continue school and get an education, Faustino, 18, is eager to find a way to enter the USA, while David, 6, claims that his wish is to take over the family's land, when his father retires. - Jacob Aue Sobol

GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. When the Gomez Brito gamily has something to celebrate they have a special dinner. One of the children has finished the exams and two...

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family live from cultivattion. On their land they grow beans, corn and lemon. Indigenous Family, Guatemala. The Gomez Brito family lives in a remote area of the mountains in Guatemala near the village of Nebaj. Nebaj is part of the Ixil-triangle, an area of three towns that maintains one of the strongest indigenous cultures in Guatemala. Even though the number of natives makes out the majority of the population in the country, they are still discriminated in many ways. Most of them live in poverty and many work on farms earning a wage of 2-3 dollars a day. In the late 1970s and 1980s, the Ixil-region was engulfed in a civil war, killing and displacing thousands of Ixil Mayans. During the war the portrayed family lost their youngest child, who died of hunger and disease when hiding in the surrounding mountains. Today, in the very same mountains, the mother Juanita and the father Andr's live with their nine children. Unlike many other families from this area, they have succeeded in keeping the family together by working hard on their own pieces of land. From early morning to sunset the daily routine is to collect fruits and berries, cultivate the land - which mainly consist of corn and beans - and breed the animals. Even though the chance of a change in their life is most unlikely, all the children have different dreams for the future. Maria, 7, wants to continue school and get an education, Faustino, 18, is eager to find a way to enter the USA, while David, 6, claims that his wish is to take over the family's land, when his father retires. - Jacob Aue Sobol

GUATEMALA. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family live from cultivattion. On their land they grow beans, corn and lemon. Indigenous Family, Guatemala. The Gomez...

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family. - Jacob Aue Sobol

Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family.

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family. - Jacob Aue Sobol

Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family.

GUATEMALA. Indigenous Family - Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family. - Jacob Aue Sobol

Guatemala. La Pista. 2005. The Brito Gomez family.