The Healing Plants is a documentary series about the indigenous ethnobotany, to understand the diverse flora that the Shipibo-Konibo people from the Peruvian rainforest, have long used and protected.

Since 2020, the pandemic has severely affected the indigenous communities and the elders started to disappear. The transmission of knowledge about biodiversity was compromised and disrupted. This series is about raising awareness and educating on their connection with Amazonian plants through images about the indigenous' oneiric world and their sensitive connection with the forest.

For today, their connection and consciousness linked to biodiversity is in danger of disappearing.


Grants and Awards:

POY LATAM 2021 Honor Mention for Photographer of the Year 
Pulitzer Center Rainforest Journalism Fund Grantee
National Geographic Society COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists  
Awarded with the Getty Images Reportage Grant 2020
PhMuseum 2020 Women Photographers 3rd Prize

Pérou : Tradition vs Covid-19 avec Florence Goupil
Réalisée en 2020, en pleine crise du Covid-19, la série Shipibo-Konibo: The Healing Plants de Florence Goupil s'intéresse à l'impact du virus sur les peuples de l'Amazonie. Lauréate du Prix Nouvelles écritures de la photographie environnementale,...
Fisheyemagazine.fr Florence Goupil documents a community effort to combat Covid-19 in the Peruvian Amazon
 Reading Time: 3 minutes The threat of losing herbal healers and their unparalleled knowledge of plants to the coronavirus prompted photographer Florence Goupil to document efforts to prevent the spread among the people of Shipibo‐Konibo
1854.photography Glimpses of grief and resilience, captured over an unforgettable year
“The pandemic stripped away a lot of fears and amplified my desire to connect with others.” One year into COVID-19, photographers reflect on their own images.
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