The River Is Not What It Used to Be is an ongoing documentary photography project that explores the complex relationship between human beings and the rivers that have historically accompanied the construction of our communities. Through images made in different territories of Colombia, the project observes how rivers have been sources of life, food, transport, memory, and encounter, but also sites of pollution, exploitation, and irreversible transformation. The series proposes a visual reflection on the traces we leave in these ecosystems and on the consequences of an increasingly distant relationship with water. Mining, waste discharges, deforestation, urban expansion, and extractive activities have profoundly altered the natural balance of many rivers, changing not only their landscapes, but also the ways of life of the communities that depend on them. More than an environmental record, the project seeks to build a visual memory of the transformation of bodies of water and to open up questions about our collective responsibility for their conservation.