DAVID ROCHKIND PHOTOGRAPHY

Photography: pollution : the human cost

Bertha Luz Andrade lies in her bed, dying of cancer that has invaded her liver. A doctor told her she must leave La Oroya to convalesce, but she is unable to because she has 5 children. Bertha died a few weeks after this picture was taken.
Bertha Luz Andrade lies in her bed, dying of cancer that has invaded her liver. A doctor told her she must leave La Oroya to convalesce, but she is unable to because she has 5 children. Bertha died a few weeks after this picture was taken.