Traditional skirts at 20,000 feet? These cholitas didn't come to play.
Bolivia's Climbing Cholitas - a group of indigenous women scaling the Andes Mountains, some of the highest peaks in the world. Shot in Bolivia for Vogue Latin America and Vogue Mexico's 20th anniversary cover story.
Cinematography
Stunning drone shots of polleras against pristine white peaks.
Production
Vogue's glossy aesthetic meets raw Andean reality.
Director
Yumna Al-Arashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Cholitas Escaladoras' formed partly in response to discrimination—indigenous women in polleras were barred from certain spaces, so they literally climbed above the exclusion.
Director Yumna Al-Arashi shot this during the cholitas' actual summit push of Huayna Potosí—no second takes at 19,974 feet.
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