Uruguayan photographer Pablo Albarenga documents how gold fever leaves its scar on Indigenous Yanomami women's bodies in his project “Raped Territories.”

“The Indigenous Yanomami territory, located on the border of Brazil and Venezuela, has been abandoned and invaded by around 20,000 illegal gold miners who rape indigenous women, the future of young people, and the land,” shares the photographer.

In a major collaborative project, Pablo, alongside journalist Talita Bedinelli, anthropologist Ana María Machado, and artist Ehuana Yanomami, asked the women who deal with this criminal activity to draw what they see, feel, and fear most.

The images they drew of polluted rivers, helicopters, and planes flying over their houses, and men with their exposed genitals harassing women were superimposed on the photographs, matching the drawings with the woman who made the drawing.

“To ensure the women’s safety from the invaded villages, we did not give their names and photographed them from the back so they would not be recognized,” adds the photographer.

This story was made with support of Instituto Socio Ambiental.