Elías Quispe

Elías Quispe runs a modest pawnbroker shop in a town on Lake Titicaca, perched right where the ferries dock. His days are filled with the clatter of fisherman bargaining, tourists trying to trade curious items, and the click of his pen recording every transaction. Elías has a razor-sharp memory for both financial and culinary details, a trait rooted in years of pawnbroking and childhood meals infused with stories of Lake Titicaca life. Worries about his mother's health expenses and uneasy nights listening to the floor's vibrations have etched into his creative process.