Amazon by photography of Leonide Principe
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“30 years in the forest”
Read more: “30 years in the forest”Book edited and printed by the Editorial Board of the Federal Senate. 345 photographs, 288 pages. See the digital version in PDF format.
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We are at the COP30
Read more: We are at the COP30Photograph: Belém’s riverfront, Portugal Avenue, near the Ver-o-Peso Market. With the support of the Federal Senate and MINC – Ministry of Culture, we are present at COP30 with the following activities: Presentation of the PhotoAmazonica Collection — This activity promotes the creation of a pioneering digital platform for educational images about the Amazon, using Brazilian…
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Forever faithful
Read more: Forever faithfulEternally faithful, macaws choose a single mate for their entire lives.
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Calibrated adrenaline
Read more: Calibrated adrenalineA really effective attitude in approaching wild animals is the ability to control the internal level of adrenaline.
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Shameless monkey
Read more: Shameless monkeyThe capuchin monkey seems to smell the flower, but make no mistake, he is about to make another prank, as is his nature.
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Dark earth
Read more: Dark earthI’ve gone back eleven thousand years, and since I can do that, I’ll also allow myself the luxury of flying over an endless Amazon rainforest.
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Reverence to the Brazil Nut Tree
Read more: Reverence to the Brazil Nut TreeRespected packaging Fruit of the Brazil Nut Tree (Bertholletia excelsa) Opening a Brazil nut pod is an arduous undertaking for those who are not used to it. The caboclo does this very naturally, holding the pod in his hand and, in general, with only three blows with a machete, the tenacious bark open.
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Children from another era
Read more: Children from another eraYanomami Reserve, Serra dos Surucucus, in Roraima. Children from another era, heirs of an eco-literate civilization, with higher education for all. It is not about praising a people out of pure ideology or ancestral guilt, but simply recognizing in that people what our people have forgotten: the ability to acknowledge, respect, and care for our…
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Children to care
Read more: Children to careShips carrying mountains Children play carefree by the Amazon River waterfront in Macapá. Ships on the horizon have arrived from afar to load the minerals extracted from the region, they carry entire mountains, the mountains that will be missing for those children, yes, they are taking the children’s mountains (as Airton Krenak would say)…
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Manaus highlights
Read more: Manaus highlightsThe dome of the Amazon Opera House, in perspective with the Negro River, stands out in a long-sought framing of balconies and roofs.
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Taxizeiros flight
Read more: Taxizeiros flightOn the horizon of the photo, the Negro river dominates and the channel empties into it or, interestingly, it can also reverse
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Awarded forest
Read more: Awarded forestImage awarded first place in the 11th Itaú-BBA National Contest of Photography in the Flowered Forest category.
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Natural calendar
Read more: Natural calendarMaybe the riverside people’s feelings are not enchanted by that spectacle, as I am.
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Lucid dreams
Read more: Lucid dreamsThe proud Brazil Nut tree is the noble tree of ancient times, the era of the great Brazil Nut trees groves. What we see today are just the remnants…
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Mother of Waters
Read more: Mother of WatersIn the Amazon jungle, in the heart of the Anavilhanas archipelago, the ancient legend manifests and tells the story of a giant snake
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I am from river…
Read more: I am from river…When referring to his homeland, he does not say that he was born in such a city, but in such a river: ‘I am from Juruá!
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Meeting of giants
Read more: Meeting of giantsA regional boat crosses the Meeting of the Waters, near Manaus. Negro river (dark water) meets the Solimoes river (yellowish water)
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Let me piss
Read more: Let me pissCivilized humans don’t urinate like that anymore, humans have a politely closed little room and deposit their waste and draw water,
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Eyes of guaraná
Read more: Eyes of guaranáThe fruit of guaraná (Paullinia cupana) grows from a vine in the Amazon rainforest. Cultivated by the Sateré-Mawé, the plant is native
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Butterfly mating
Read more: Butterfly matingThe couple of lovers posed on a branch near me, I dropped my gear bag, mounted a long focal lens
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Ephemeral flower
Read more: Ephemeral flowerThat is, until one day, suddenly, she opened the doors of her cathedral to me, ten years after our first meeting.
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Felid complicity
Read more: Felid complicityAt first, the cat was calm, looked for a corner and lay down, watching the movement of the humans
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Way of light
Read more: Way of lightEssential and reduced to a minimum, the canoe hull requires a skill acquired since childhood, playing and naturally learning
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Not bored, maybe sad
Read more: Not bored, maybe sadThe monkey in the photo, like all the monkeys in the collection, doesn’t have a bored face, never, it just seems to have a sad face.
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Eternal playful
Read more: Eternal playfulIt’s only because of the two cameras I had around my neck that I was able to resist the strong urge to jump into the water. However…
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The soul of the fish
Read more: The soul of the fishThe riverside fisherman knows the laws of physics, but in a different way from how they are taught in schools…
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What? Hybrid?
Read more: What? Hybrid?When two species such as C. eldorado and C. violacea, despite having different flowering times, due to special circumstances…
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Dark wonder
Read more: Dark wonderThe orchid receives exotic names such as ‘dark wonder’ or ‘dark warrior’ for its petals and dark burgundy sepals.
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Tender sloth
Read more: Tender slothTenderly looking at the camera, naturally smiling, they are the mother and child of a sloth. It lives off the impeccable balance…
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Woman in charge
Read more: Woman in chargeIn the white waters of the Solimões River, the riverside woman rolls up, steering the boat by the bow.
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Your Majesty
Read more: Your MajestyThe white, slightly pinkish flower appears this way on the first day, but it gradually turns more red as time passes…
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Total trust
Read more: Total trustIt is recognized that Amazon River Dolphins change their behavior in the presence of children and pregnant women
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A tree and a rope
Read more: A tree and a ropeThis is dangerous, irresponsible and useless, and, worse still, subjects the child to the risk of an accident. Is it really?
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Amazon legend
Read more: Amazon legendAt the end of June, regional boats are sailing along the Amazon River towards Parintins. Coming from all directions, a fleet of boats converge…
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Superpredator
Read more: SuperpredatorThe jaguar (Panthera onca) is a superpredator and can theoretically prey on any terrestrial or semi-aquatic vertebrate in Central…
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Spider monkey puppies
Read more: Spider monkey puppiesI arrived at the river dweller’s house, greeted the whole family, and noticed that in a corner of the backyard there were two spider monkey puppies…
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Dear baby
Read more: Dear babySheltered, protected, pampered, the baby monkey grows in the safest place in the world. He is the mother’s absolute priority…
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Terrifying sound
Read more: Terrifying soundThe red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) is the loudest land animal in the world, with its calls reaching up to 140 decibels…
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The last ray
Read more: The last rayAt sunset, one of the tallest trees in the area, the angelim-ferro (Dinizia excelsa), bathes in the gold of the last ray of sun over the forest…
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Fairy dust
Read more: Fairy dustThe humid tropical forest is hot and dense, considered the oldest ecosystem on Earth. The Equator line runs through the Amazon…
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Thousand eyes
Read more: Thousand eyesIt’s 6:33 in the morning, the sun’s rays have already invaded the Abra144 valley with all the heat of the month of August.
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The riverine landscape
Read more: The riverine landscapeOn the edge of Lake Piranha, the river dweller collects his fishing net in a breathtaking landscape. Breathtaking for whom?
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In the kapok shade
Read more: In the kapok shadeIt’s the month of April and the water is already on the pillars of the blockhouse. The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) also feels the tickle
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The thinker
Read more: The thinkerThe white-fronted capuchin monkeys are commonly known as cairara (Cebus albifrons). They are highly intelligent…
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Classroom
Read more: ClassroomHow about this classroom? Mounted on the Filhote, a young samaumeira, near a jungle hotel, the table was
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The jaguar, my neighbor 4
Read more: The jaguar, my neighbor 4In the following months I created a certain expectation, I looked for Charlie in all the new records, thinking that he would record again,
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The cougar, my neighbor 3
Read more: The cougar, my neighbor 3I can assume that a young cougar (Puma concolor) recorded its passage through Ponto dos Gatos three times. I named the cat ‘Garoto’
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Princess
Read more: PrincessFrom my balcony overlooking the forest, I am greeted by the sight of the majestic tree, a 180-feet-tall iron tree (Dinizia excelsa).
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Shool day
Read more: Shool dayIn Paraná do Ariaú, it’s just another day. The father is already at work, the boys go to school, and this is the house where the family lives.
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Water Paths
Read more: Water PathsIn the floating village of Cacau Pereira, water is present in everyday life, at the doorstep, below and all around. This same water,
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The jaguar, my neighbor 2
Read more: The jaguar, my neighbor 2Walking calmly, the jaguar enters the frame from East going to West, in direction of my house. The magnificent cat appears to be