Crossing the border of Chile and Bolivia to explore the untouched landscapes of the Atacama Desert
Joe Taysom·September 8, 2020
When Vancouver-based photographer Chiara Zonca went out to capture the beautifully desolate land that separates the border of Chile and Bolivia even she will have been awestruck by the magnificent landscape that the artist managed to perfectly capture within the Atacama Desert.
The talented photographer’s series, which was titled Moon Kingdom, took her to some of the most stranded areas on planet earth which offer a stark insight into what life would be like without human interference.
The focus of the series was to explore an idea that she calls ‘the switch’, a theory which is an emotional process that happens when Zonca finds herself in a landscape so out of this world that it puts her in a dream-like state. In her search for the switch, she travelled with her husband to this gorgeous area that sits in the Altiplano region that separates the border of Chile and Bolivia.
“For Moon Kingdom, I was intrigued by the dream-like nature of Chile and Bolivia. I knew that it would be the perfect location for my ‘experiment.’ In the span of a month, I travelled with my husband, mostly in the Altiplano region that separates the two countries, seeking alien-like landscapes where I could reach to the depths of my thoughts,” Zonca said to Feature Shoot about the series.
“We camped mostly alone, waking up before the sun, going to bed after sunset, and becoming part of the landscape. What made this location so special was the complete silence—it’s the driest location on earth so there aren’t many plants or animals. No birds singing, no noise of wind between trees. Nothing,” the Canadian photographer added.
More:
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/atacama-desert-photographs-chile-bolivia/
A few more images at this link:
https://chiarazonca.com/moon-kingdom
