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Sewell

Type

Photography Series

Year

2018

Location

Chile

Sewell, located at 2,200 metres (7,200 feet) above sea level in the Andes beside the El Teniente copper mine, was founded in 1905 as a mining settlement. It reached its peak between the 1940s and 1960s, when more than 15,000 people lived in a city built on steep slopes, connected by stairways, narrow passageways, and buildings clinging to the mountainside. Today, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sewell stands as a silent witness to Chile's mining history.

Photograph of Sewell in Chile, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and preserved former high-altitude mining town.

Photograph of colorful buildings in Sewell, a former mining town in Chile for copper workers.

Photograph of Sewell, Chile, showing miners' housing and social hierarchies in the industrial city.

Photograph of newspaper clippings about women in Sewell, a mining town in Chile.

Photograph of schoolchildren in Sewell, a former mining town in Chile, in a classroom within the industrial settlement.

Photograph of the ruins of Sewell in Chile, a former abandoned mining town with historic industrial architecture.

Photograph of Sewell in Chile, a mountain mining town with staircases and industrial architecture.

Photograph of Sewell in the Chilean Andes, an old abandoned mining town in the mountains.

Photograph of Sewell in Chile, a ruined mining town with vertical architecture and industrial decay.

Photograph of a bell in Sewell, a former mining town in Chile, a symbol of the industrial past and an abandoned community.

Photograph of the ruins of Sewell in Chile, a former mining town now abandoned, with remaining traces of industrial architecture.

Photograph of a wooden church in Sewell, a former mining town in Chile.

Photograph of religious architecture in the mining town of Sewell, Chile, showing the church and industrial community spaces.

Photograph of a church in Sewell, a mining town in Chile, showing religious ceremonies in an industrial context.

Black and white photograph of an accident in Sewell, a mining town in Chile with a copper industry.

Photograph of Sewell in Chile, an old mining town preserved in images and historical memory.

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