Name: Photos of endangered cultures
Uploaded: 2007-01-09T00:11:00Z
Duration: 18 min 20 s
Description: Photographer Phil Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon. In documenting these endangered cultures, he intends to help preserve them.

Photographer Phil Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon. In documenting these endangered cultures, he intends to help preserve them.

Phil Borges: Photos of endangered cultures

Photos of endangered cultures

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