A Historic Community Dismantled In Peru

Photojournalists Elie Gardner and Oscar Durand documented the historic El Ayllu neighborhood in the capital — right before it was torn down to make way for an airport extension.

via NPR: https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2013/04/29/179265615/a-photographic-homage-to-perus-fading-past

Elie Gardner and Oscar Durand moved to Lima, Peru, in 2010, and every time they flew in or out, they noticed a large farmland by the airport. The husband and wife photojournalists began to wonder why there was so much land in the middle of an urban area, and who lived there and why.