We are living in the golden age of cocaine. Consumption and production have never been higher, despite more than 50 years of the War on Drugs. For many Europeans and North Americans, cocaine is a party drug. For many Latin Americans, it’s a source of bloodshed, violence, corruption, and death.
The book presents a distinctive photographic body of work that explores the human consequences of global cocaine consumption, with unprecedented access and insight into producers, smugglers, law enforcement and organized criminal groups across the borders.
The book include artwork by Colombian artist Juan Arreaza, and essays by Santiago Rivas, María Jimena Duzán, Professor Henrik Vigh and Luis Chaparro.
Through its intimate and multi-layered visual language, Sangre Blanca invites reflection on contemporary conditions such as escapism, hedonism, global inequality, and neocolonialism—while confronting the enduring question of user responsibility and the very nature of the war on drugs.
It is the most significant exploration through photo journalism of the cocaine trade to be published to date.
Gost Books, 1. edition, 2026, Hardback cloth cover, 192 pages, 106 images, 199x 255mm portrait format. Available in English and Spanish.
