Paintings by year

Sunsets on the beaches of Nusa Lembongan, Bali, are a place of leisure for visitors and a day's work for a young girl selling floral hair clips. It is the same place, yet separated by a distance no postcard can capture.

The visitor's gaze lingers on the beauty of the sea, the golden sand, and the fading sun. But do those eyes ever notice the girl? Do they recognize that the landscape so many dream of is also stained by child labor?

The girl, meanwhile, inhabits this reality with the innocence of childhood. Perhaps she does not yet imagine that her days could be spent in school, at play, or simply living the childhood that should be hers.

In many high-Andean communities of Huancavelica, Peru, the journey to school begins at dawn.

The route crosses mountains and rugged paths through freezing temperatures. The mule is more than a means of transportation; it is a flame of hope, sustaining the belief that education can open the door to a different future. Yet an inevitable question remains: why does the right to learn still depend on such a long journey?

This path also embodies the distance between the hope of breaking the cycle of poverty and the reality faced by thousands of children. It is a journey they make every day, throughout the ten months of the school year, for at least eleven years, enduring harsh weather, exhaustion, and isolation. And even after all that effort, nothing guarantees that their destination will be different.

Stray dogs in Peru are a symbol of abandonment. Their presence speaks not only of homeless animals but of a society where indifference is also visible in the treatment of those who have no voice. It is yet another reminder of the system's shortcomings.