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Mariana Bazo

Mariana Bazo also lives in Lima, where she is a freelance photographer. She was a photojournalist for Reuters for more than 25 years. Her photos have been published in newspapers from The New York Times to China Daily. Follow her on Twitter @mbazo and Instagram @marianabazo.

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The Box Balconies of Lima
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Originally designed to allow a gaze out to the street while blocking both harsh sunlight and prying eyes, the wooden "box balconies" that proliferated after the founding of Lima in 1535 drew from Spain's Islamic heritage. They are now beloved cultural emblems of the Peruvian capital that, if they could share stories, could tell many a tale.

Mariana Bazo

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The Box Balconies of Lima