Intercept Brasil

Tá no ar um trabalho super importante feito por duas mulheronas da porra sobre o absurdo que o governo brasileiro faz com as crianças indígenas ao separá-las das mães através do conselho tutelar. No vídeo (abaixo) e na parte escrita da reportagem, a Tatiane Klein e a Luiza Calagian contam histórias que precisam ser debatidas.

Tive o prazer de colaborar no vídeo com imagens do abrigo de Dourados, onde conheci uma mãe do povo guarani que visita as filhas gêmeas de quatro meses duas vezes por semana, em encontros de 2 horas. Assista abaixo:

Ñu Vera Resists

This Indian village is about to be removed and destroyed.

The Indigenous Reserve of Dourados, in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, is crowded with 16.000 Indians in a little bit more than 3.000 hectares. That’s why part of the Kaiowá people occupied an area next to the reserve that they say is their traditional territory, where 30 families are living nowadays.

However, the owner of the land, a farmer, is asking in court for the piece of his land back, and the judge agreed. Ñu Vera can be destroyed at any moment.

When I arrived, I met Ambrósio (61), a community leader. After I introduced myself, I asked if I could help with my work in their fight for their land. He liked the idea and told me to focus on two aspects: the plantations and the children.

The plantations means the land being used in a good way, stable life, each family with a small farm represents the link between them and the land. Land and life are deeply connected in the indigenous conception. Feet on the ground are not dirty feet, it is belonging.

And the children are the future, the new era, the reason of the fight of the Brazilian Indians that is taking 518 years. In Dourados (and in a lot of other places in Brazil), the Indians, when not ignored by society, are segregated.

With almost 10 days living together with the Guarani Kaiowá Indians, I can say for sure Indians did not choose to live in the hard situation they are experiencing today.  It is result of the denial of their territory rights, public politics promoted by ruralist front (a parliamentary segment that acts on behalf of farmers), an omissive government and an ignorant and conservative society.

Ñu Vera resists.

(July 2018, Dourados - Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)

Ambrósio (61), tekoha Ñu Vera, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Click on the picture to see full gallery.

Ambrósio (61), tekoha Ñu Vera, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Click on the picture to see full gallery.

RISC Alumni

With other 23 photographers, I was selected to be part of the XV RISC Training, in Itatiba, São Paulo (23-29 June). For the first time, the course for freelancers who work in remote and dangerous places took six days: four for medical training (by Wilderness Medical Associates) and two for security training (by Steve Cook).

It was a life-changing week. We learned a lot about rescuing people and had an intense time together as a group of photographers. Very nice moment to know colleagues and talk about our experiences. Thank you very much, RISC Training!

From now, we are Reporters Instructed In Saving Colleagues, Course XV - Fazenda Pereiras, Itatiba, São Paulo. Picture: Scout Tufankjian.

From now, we are Reporters Instructed In Saving Colleagues, Course XV - Fazenda Pereiras, Itatiba, São Paulo. Picture: Scout Tufankjian.

Picture of June 2013 protests in Revista Piauí

The last edition of Revista Piauí (June 2018) has a very good article about the impacts of the June 2013 protests in the 2018 election, wrote by Marcos Nobre. One photo I took during the protests of June 2013 was published to illustrate the piece. It is such an honor to have my work published in Revista Piauí, a publication that I admire a lot.

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Portraits for GQ Brazil June 2018

This month was published a series of portraits made in Leblon beach for GQ Brazil with Claude and Thomas Troisgros. Working together for a long time, father and son now have individual paths. The article is by Alexandra Forbes.

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Rocinha for UOL special article

Is out now on UOL a special issue about peace in Rocinha, one of the biggest favelas in Brazil, with 100 thousand residents. The reporter Marcela Lemos talked with residents about how the violence is changing their lives. Because of the "war on drugs", maintained by the State and Federal Government, students cannot go to school, residents cannot go to work and a lot of social projects in the community are empty.

In 2018 the situation in Rocinha is worst than the last years. Brazil needs to talk about this war on drugs that is killing many people and it is not changing anything.

Reconstitution of Marielle Franco’s crime for UOL

Last May 10th, the civil police did the Marielle’s crime reconstitution, in Estácio, central area of Rio de Janeiro. I’ve been there to cover this sad night for UOL. The investigations are coming to an end and it seems there is participation of another city councilor (Marielle’s colleague) who has business in a favela where Marielle was working as human rights defender. 

"Vegas" on Financial Times

Three photos of "Vegas" project were published on Financial Times on April 6, 2018. I would like to thank the picture editors of Financial Times for choosing these photos that I like so much made with an iPhone 6 to illustrate an article about Las Vegas.

Click on the image to see full gallery. Clique na imagem para ver as outras fotos de Las Vegas.

Click on the image to see full gallery. Clique na imagem para ver as outras fotos de Las Vegas.

National Geographic, for the first time

This month I do my National Geographic debut. First time publishing a work on the pages of the iconic magazine. It's such an honor to start my collaboration with this special photo that changed my life (and still changes) in the historic edition about racial discussion. Many thanks, National Geographic Brasil, I hope this is only the beginning :)

A story after Marielle's death

Marielle was a human rights defender. Woman, black, queer and Rio de Janeiro city councilor (the fifth best voted in 2016), she used to fight for the favelas like Maré, where she grew up.

Marielle symbolized the force of the people in politics, she was a brilliant diamond among all corrupt politicians we are sick of. She was our hope and she still is.

They buried Marielle and they planted many seeds. Since the barbaric assassination, I was immersed in the repercussion, covering demonstrations and religious acts.

I also met her family and other important characters of this story. Thinking in a way to explain this whole situation for who is not from Rio nor Brazil, I decided to create a story with the material I captured during the seven days after Marielle's dead.

This is what I saw and what I've documented in the first week without Marielle. She left us, but her legacy will live forever. Marielle, Presente!

(click on the picture to see full gallery)

(click on the picture to see full gallery)

Marie Claire Brazil April 2018 is out

Last month, I did two special portraits to Marie Claire Brazil. The first person was Marinete da Silva, 66 years old,lawyer, Marielle Franco's mother. She received the reporter and I at her home for a long and unforgettable talk (article by Luiza Karam, in Portuguese).

And the second person I photographed was Jurema Werneck, Amnesty International Brazil's director. Powerful woman who had grew up in the favela, just as Marielle, and became leader of the activist organization in Brazil.

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On the cover of Folha de São Paulo

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On March 17th I was on assignment for Folha de São Paulo newspaper to cover a social action promoted by the Brazilian army, the mayor and the governor at Vila Kennedy. The place, in Bangu, suburb of the city, is "a model" to the federal intervention on Rio de Janeiro's public security.

A picture I took during this assignment was published on the cover the day after (March 18th), on Sunday edition of the newspaper. The image shows a simbolic hug between the mayor, Marcelo Crivella, and the interventor, General Walter Braga Netto, Brazilian army's leader.

The federal intervention was a polemic decision made by the governor Luiz Fernando Pezão (who lost control of the security because of the corruption in his government) and the presidente Michel Temer, (who has popularity near zero), both members of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) party.

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Portraits for Marie Claire Brazil

I did two portraits for Marie Claire Magazine's latest edition, February 2018. It was a pleasure meeting two strong women: Nilza Valéria Zacarias and Flora Gil. 

Valéria is a feminist and journalist who fights to bring the religious discussion to the table with a lot of respect and intelligence. And Flora is a powerful business woman in the artistic sector.

You can read the articles online (in Portuguese) here & here.

The conductor Sarah Higino for TPM Magazine

I discovered Sarah on a TV show. I was amazed by her sweetness and her work teaching music for public school’s students from Volta Redonda (in the suburbs of the state of Rio de Janeiro).

Then I wrote the project and “sold” it to TPM, women’s magazine published by the publisher “Editora Trip”.

The story is about Sarah Higino, this incredible woman with a magic transformation power through the music. To see the story published on the online version of TPM, click here. And click on the picture bellow to see full story. Both in Portuguese.