Elie Gardner is a freelance photographer and videographer based in Lima, Peru. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri and previously worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Elie Gardner is a freelance photographer and videographer based in Lima, Peru. A graduate of the University of Missouri, she is passionate about telling stories related to social inequality and the environment. Previously she worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as the online photo editor and also as a staff photographer.
In rural Peru, women are encouraged to spend their last weeks of pregnancy in special residential facilities that offer comfort and care. But the waiting remains difficult.