The Water
1993 • Lake Titicaca, Peru
I asked an old woman walking up the trail to the center plaza. She pointed to the harbor, where the water level used to be 4-5 feet higher — the water line was noticeably lower.The distance we had to walk to get to the shore line was considerable. The lake bed was cracked. We passed by some houses and I paced out about 2000 feet to the water.
Maya Lin, Global Residency Program
Creative Time / Rockefeller Foundation
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