Flooded cattle plains near Salitre, in Ecuador’s coastal Guayas
Province. For eight months of the year these grasslands teem with zebus watched
over by many cowboys. Come the rains in January, and the men move the cattle to
higher ground, leaving the savanna as a vast shallow lake covered in many
places by water lilies. During four months, until the rains stop and the waters
recede, the men will have to cook their own meals, for women and children will remain
behind, now moving around by canoe. The seasonal effects on these lowland people
and their landscape are stunning.
