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Florence Goupil is a Peruvian photographer based in Cusco, Peru. As an Explorer and contributor to National Geographic Society, Goupil focuses on the rights and living memory of indigenous peoples as well as the ethnobotany and environment in the Amazon and the Andes. Goupil’s work has been exhibited in Photoville and the Bronx Documentary Center and published in National Geographic, El País, NBC News, and other international media. In 2021, she was awarded the Pulitzer Center Rainforest Journalism Fund and received an Honorable Mention from POY Latam as Photographer of the Year.
In what ways does nature inspire or inform your work?
Many of my projects focus on the ethnobotany and the relationship of indigenous peoples with their biodiversity. My intention is to create an archive of this connection to understand and educate about the complexity of their lives and their territory.
What does it mean to you to be part of a thriving ecosystem?
It means that we have been given the task of taking care of it. And it makes sense if we start thinking in a communitarian way.
