ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Inside an illegal gold mine in Carrizal, Colombia. The mine id deep 500 meters. There is only one way to enter the extraction zone. There aren't any alternative safety exits. A sudden flooding in March 2015 caused the death of eight miners. The mine has a vertical structure. A labyrinth of steps and tunnels that become increasingly narrow when descending. The steps are slimy and slippery from the mud and water that spill out from the walls of the tunnels. The only light is by torches attached to the miners' helmets.

AUTHOR
Erberto Zani is an Italian freelance photojournalist based between Parma (Italy) and Basel (Switzerland). Since 2008 he focused on capturing people’s daily life, strength in their environments. His work documents social and environmental issues, systemic inequalities, cultural traditions.
His photo has been published on BBC Newsround, Cnn Travel, Der Spiegel, El Pais, Financial Times, Lonely Planet, The Economist, The Times, among others.

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