The Passion of Christ is the subject of Peruvian photographer José Chuquiure Alva’s gallery for this edition.

The multi-award winning Professor of Photography and specialist in photo-documentary visited the mountain village of Sincos, 3500 meters above sea level in the dictrict of Jauja, to record his photo story, called “Golgotha in the Andes”.

"Jóvenes sin Fronteras” (“Youth without Borders”) is an organization which, for fifteen years, has celebrated its faith through the staging of the Passion of Christ.

Central to this event is Gabriel Valverde, who portrays Christ.

Says 60-year-old José, who has been shooting documentary since 1970 and is Professor of Photography at San Martín De Porres University in Peru’s capital Lima: “These images were made in two days during the Holy Weeks of 2004 and 2005. This reportage was published in Caretas magazine, in Peru, and received an honorary mention in the country’s Eugene Courret Photo Documentary Contest in 2006.

“The images I prefer are the first two in the gallery because they tell me much about Gabriel’s relationship with his community.

“The other image I like best is number eight because of the power of the visual effects I captured with the infrared film”.

José took part in the World Press Photo Seminar “Pleasure of Life” in 1998-2000 and he has exhibited all over the world including Lima, Taipei, Tokyo, Almería, Utrecht, São Paulo, San Juan (Puerto Rico), New York, Washington, Colombo, Madrid and Amsterdam.

For his shoot he used a Nikon N90 S camera, infrared black and white film and natural light.