COLD BLOOD COLOMBIA - Crocodile Skins Market


  • Photographer
    Paolo Marchetti
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2014

The market for crocodile skins is a bet rather recent in related economic Colombian. This industry in Colombia in great growth over the past 10 years, is the only market in South America to be exported, and in particular, the thousands of skins produced annually, are destined for Asian market. As is known, the skin of crocodile is used in high fashion all over the world, but as is the case in all farms, processing and sacrifice that are consumed behind these products is something that is often hidden from the eyes of the general public . This is what happens behind the magnificence and luxury expressed by the high fashion dominated by remorsless standards of beauty.

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The market for crocodile skins is a bet rather recent in related economic Colombian. This industry in Colombia in great growth over the past 10 years, is the only market in South America to be exported, and in particular, the thousands of skins produced annually, are destined for Asian market. As is known, the skin of crocodile is used in high fashion all over the world, but as is the case in all farms, processing and sacrifice that are consumed behind these products is something that is often hidden from the eyes of the general public .
This is what happens behind the magnificence and luxury expressed by the high fashion dominated by remorsless standards of beauty.

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