From Rio to Manaus, I travelled through Brazil for three months. Jorge Amado, the famous Bahian writer, was already describing the Brazilian way of life in the 1930s. He detailed the mutual aid in the morros, the mahogany stands with their spicy flavours, the agitation of the feiras, or the macumbas during which the frontier between men and spirits crumbles. But also brutality, racism and inequality. In Salvador de Bahia, as gangs of kids lure each other before diving into the water of the Bay of All Saints, I am struck by one fact. This Brazil described by Amado is still alive, vibrant even.
The following series of images is part of a long term work, still in progress.
