Strong, silent types? Meet the puesteros of Chile – in pictures
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Source: Guardian Australia
Published: 2026-09-09 16:00 UTC+10:00
Section: Photography
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Latin America, Labour & Workers
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View image in fullscreenCoirón is a long-form documentary project, photographed over six years in the Chilean region of Magallanes. It follows ageing gauchos, known as puesteros, who live and work alone for months at a time across vast private ranches. Their lives, often silent, are shaped by distance, physical labour, and long periods of solitude, on land they do not own and with little security once their body begins to fail.
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