The Work of Chilean Photographer Tomás Munita

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Losing Fear and Learning to See

On a demanding assignment off Peru’s coast, in search of a coveted guano, the reporter Simon Romero couldn’t stomach more than an afternoon. The Chilean photographer Tomás Munita, undaunted, stayed weeks.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/losing-fear-learning-to-see/

I lasted an afternoon on Isla de Asia on that assignment in 2008, nauseated by the guano dust in the air and the smell of ammonia emanating from the deposits. Tomás Munita, the Chilean photographer with whom I was traveling, decided to stay longer, stretching his trip over several days.