My journey to Bolivia for Hermès is out
Sean Rocha on the salt flats of Uyuni in Bolivia
Not long ago, I spent a few weeks traveling Bolivia for Le Monde d’Hermès, part of it off-road in the southwest at 4-5000m and ending at the salt flats near Uyuni. It was a breathtaking trip (in every sense of the word) and the article I wrote and photographed has just been published — you can see it here on my website or pick up a copy of the magazine, published in something like a dozen languages, at any Hermès store.
The picture above is of me looking pretty tired but amazed just after dawn on the bitterly cold salt flats; within an hour of this picture, once the sun had fully risen, I was getting a sunburn through SPF50 sunblock. The photos below are a few of the ones I took on the journey. I’ll be posting a full gallery of them soon.
A band plays in Copacabana, Bolivia, photo by Sean Rocha
Llamas in the high altiplano, Bolivia, photo by Sean Rocha
Caravan on the salt flats, Bolivia, photo by Sean Rocha
Mounds of salt awaiting harvest, Bolivia, photo by Sean Rocha
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Sean Rocha is a writer and photographer based in New York. He has lived in Hong Kong, Cairo and Paris and his work has appeared in the New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Slate, Le Monde d'Hermès, Condé Nast Traveler, and read more...