Ruido

I am Ruido, a photo documentary maker from Copacabana, a town just outside Medellín. I grew up surrounded by mountains, watching the clouds and listening to the teachings of my grandparents. I learned from the pain that one inhabits and from my mother’s stories that always accompanied breakfasts with my little sister. My path has always been crossed by the possibility of listening to the stories of others, that’s why, since I was a little boy, I decided that what I wanted to do for the rest of my life was to tell stories. Those small invisible worlds that are blurred on the horizon of every being. I picked up my first camera when I was 13 years old and, since then, it has been the compass that accompanies me to navigate the rivers of Colombia and walk along the narrow paths that the muleteers of yesterday with machete and mule. I think that photography can change the world or, at least, allow us to see it through different eyes, perhaps more human and sensitive ones. I chose to document life and the pain that comes before it. I enjoy going out to share with communities all over the country, listen to them, observe them, weave a friendship, enjoy their food and allow myself, at least for a few days, to live a different story and narrate a possible world.

Water Tigers. Guardians of the Amazon Jungle

by: RuidoSara Zuluaga García

By protecting the forest in the Ticoya reserve, Ticuna, Cocama, and Yagua hunters are collectively pursuing sustainability and food sovereignty