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"Machu Picchu, and not only...", a new photo exhibition by Viktor Pinchuk was held in Crimea

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Thursday, September 26, 2024

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On August 12, 2024, the Feodosia Museum of Antiquities, located on Ivan Aivazovsky Avenue in the Crimean coastal city, hosted a photo exhibition entitled Machu Picchu and Other Historical and Archaeological Sites of Peru, prepared by Russian photographer and traveler Viktor Pinchuk.

The material was shot during a 200-day solo expedition, the route of which included twelve Latin American countries.

The selection was shown in digital format, which allowed the author, without worrying about transporting bulky cargo, to show the audience over a hundred works that fit on a tiny medium.

The exhibition featured archaeological objects created by the architects of the Inca Empire and other peoples inhabiting South America in the early Middle Ages: Uyo Uyo, Puka Pukara, Tambomachay and many ancient buildings near the city of Ollantaytambo.

The remains of the ancient city of Chan Chan, whose walls were built of adobe around 850 AD, are interesting and unique. At the time of the author's visit to the exhibition, only part of the archaeological complex was available for inspection.

The event took place on the eve of the professional holiday "Archaeologist's Day" annually celebrated in Russia on August 15.
Visitors to the exhibition learned a lot about the historical sites of a distant country.

«Sprawled across a ridge that once protected the inhabitants from unwanted visitors, surrounded by cliffs shrouded in mist, rise the ruins of a forgotten Inca city that survived the Spanish conquistadors. Looking down from above at the Urubamba River, a narrow strip flowing somewhere far below, for a moment you feel a touch of eternity, but a second later, the hubbub of tourists brings you back from the vanished Inca Empire to the reality of our days.
Viktor Pinchuk
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Some of the works presented

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