Sillustani is a pre-Inca cemetery on the shores of Lake Umayo near Puno in Peru. The tombs, built above ground in tower-like structures called chullpas, are the remains of the Qulla people, who are Aymara who were conquered by the Inca Empire in the 15th century.
Yvonne Smits was born in 1962. She got her first camera for her 6th birthday. Photography is a real passion. Several of her photos have been published in photo magazines and travel guides in the Netherlands. In 2008 one of her photos was shown at the Saatchi exhibition in Cannes.. Read more…