Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: CHRISTOPH, Henning
Event Date: ca. 1977-05
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.102397

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: markets; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR; stamped: Photo and copyright / Henning Christoph / Fuererbachstrasse 5//7 / 4300 Essen 1 – Germany / Telefon 01 01 // 73 11 27 + 79 80 89 / Konto: Volksbank Essen 395 070 / Postscheckkonto Essen 1066 29-438; typed label: C 6542//11…Caracollo, BOLIVIA…May-June 1977… / A woman selling coca leaves at an Indian market in Caracollo. / Coca, a mild narcotic which deadens the senses to cold and / hunger, helps make life on the harsh Altiplano a bit more / bearable; stamped: 654211

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BOLIVIA / MARKETS
Retouching: N