The Uros are a people who live on the reed islands of Lake Titicaca, in the Puno region of Peru. The Uros originally built these artificial islands to escape the Incas. At that time the Incas dominated the mainland. Today, however, the Uros people have become more of a tourist attraction.
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…