Indigenous Childhood
Colombia

In the heart of the Colombian rainforest, a small community of seventy people preserves ancient traditions and strict rules. The village chief told me that only boys — about thirty children — are allowed to attend the local school.

Girls, on the other hand, never sit in a classroom. From an early age, they are drawn into domestic life: collecting coca leaves, cooking, maintaining the huts, and caring for their younger siblings. Childhood is intertwined with daily labor, binding them to the responsibilities of the community.

This photo series portrays their faces, gestures, and silences — an interrupted childhood that reveals both the fragility and resilience of a world caught between tradition and the future.