LOCATION:

Blue Wall Gallery
Richard M. DeVos Center
Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus

DATES:

March 21 - April 29, 2016

For directions to the gallery CLICK HERE

Experience a land of rivers remarkably different from Western Michigan.

Over the past thirty years, GVSU professor Dr. Jim Penn has repeatedly traveled to the Loreto Region of Peru, South America, participating in programs ranging from wildlife research and natural resource management to community development, healthcare, and human rights work.

Located inland of the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, the Loreto Region covers one third of the landmass of Peru. This dense jungle region stands in vivid contrast to the typical images of Peru featuring the citadel of Machu Picchu, indigenous people of the Andes, and their ubiquitous llamas. The Loreto Region is a key part of the vast intertwining network of tributaries that combine to form the headwaters of the Amazon River.

Penn’s experiences form the basis of Different Waters: Thirty Years in the Western Amazon; a dramatic collection of photographs and pointed observations documenting the struggles, turmoil, growth, and changes in this risky world of ever-moving water.