ECUADOR
My first trip to Ecuador was 1977.  

               uito, Ecuador, 1977*
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               uito, Ecuador, 1977*

          Quito, Ecuador, 1977*

                Quito, Ecuador, 1977

​     Vilcabamba, Ecuador, 1977

​​     Vilcabamba, Ecuador, 1977

              Quito, Ecuador, 1977*
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      Vilcabamba, Ecuador, 1977
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                    During a trip to Ecuador, I came across a small village inhabited by a number of very old people.
                  Daily I witnessed seventy-year-olds courting seventy-year-olds, ninety-year-olds reading without the aid of glasses, and hundred olds ascending and descending mountain slopes.
                 The senior residents of Vilcabamba simply did not act their age.  How they would fare in a society where one reads by seven, marries by thirty and retires by sixty-five is anyone's guess.+

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       an Pedro, Ecuador, 1977*​

​​  Vilcabamba, Ecuador, 1977

​​     Vilcabamba, Ecuador, 1977

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       an Pedro, Ecuador, 1977*
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                Loja, Ecuador, 1977​*

              Quito, Ecuador, 1977*​

​​      Vilcabamba, Ecuador, 1977

​​  Vilcabamba, Ecuador, 1977

​​    Vilcabamba, Ecuador, 1977

*​Most of these photos are from Under One Sun, A Photographic Tribute to People.  
​+Please see Under One Sun under Introduction: Published Works.