2015 Photo Contest, Nature, 3rd prize

Cold Blood Colombia

Photographer

Paolo Marchetti

30 April, 2014

A specialist worker prepares to kill a caiman with a single cut to its throat.

The skin of Colombian caimans, once considered inferior to alligator or crocodile, is now prized for its durability and quality. Production has soared since the 1990s. These days, most skins are obtained from farmed animals, rather than from the wild, and farmers are legally obliged to return a number of caiman to the wild to replenish natural stocks.

About the photographer

Paolo Marchetti

Paolo Marchetti is a freelance photojournalist, based in Italy. He has been working for about 13 years in the cinematographic and commercial industry, and began in the meantime h...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/6
Focal length
27.0 mm
F-Stop
11.0
ISO
100
Camera
Nikon D600

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