Coirón (noun) /ˈkɔɪ.rɒn/: The native grass of the Patagonian pampa, enduring wind, cold, drought, and poor soil, surviving where little else does. In the far south of Chilean Patagonia, a dwindling group of men known as ‘puesteros’ live in near solitude, tending livestock across vast private ranches. Once seen as symbols of freedom, their way of life now stands at a turning point, amidst unprecedented drought, modernisation, and a system that offers no real retirement, forcing many to work for as long as their bodies allow.

COIRÓN is a poetic long-form documentary project, photographed over the span of six years in the Chilean region of Magallanes, that explores the intimate world of some of these last ‘puesteros’. It’s a meditation on stillness, human resilience and the inevitable passing of time. A portrait of men living at the edge of the world pushing through because they must, through silence, endurance and repetition.

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