L'elaborato indigo piante sono visto impilati per essere usato come un composto organico in Miguel Ventura la fattoria vicino a San Miguel, El Salvador.
5316 x 3544 px | 45 x 30 cm | 17,7 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
12 novembre 2016
Ubicazione:
San Miguel, El Salvador
Altre informazioni:
The processed indigo plants are seen piled to be used as an organic compost in Miguel Ventura’s farm near San Miguel, El Salvador, 12 November 2016. For centuries, indigo, a natural deep blue dye extracted from the leaves of tropical plants (Indigofera), has been known to the native indigenous inhabitants of Central America who used the blue tincture to color their fabrics and pottery. Although demand for natural indigo dropped significantly at the end of 19th century when a synthetic indigo was firstly introduced, commercialization of natural indigo has risen again during the last decades. Small-scale indigo farms, processing the crop on sustainable and ecological basis, are growing throughout the country, returning El Salvador to the place of the main natural indigo producer in Latin America.
