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A man rides a horse through a snow-covered landscape in Chilean Patagonia.
November 12, 2026 | The Last Puesteros
In Chilean Patagonia, puesteros live and work alone for months at a time, tending livestock across vast private ranches. Dutch photographer Pie Aerts spent six years documenting these aging gauchos, capturing both their demanding daily labor and quieter moments of life. As fewer young people choose to follow the same path, Aerts’s project, Coirón, considers what may be lost as generations of ranching traditions and knowledge begin to fade.
