Category: Landscape
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In the kapok shade
It’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 cougar, my neighbor 3
I 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
From 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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Outstanding tree
It is an achievement that involves a great challenge to the force of gravity. There’s emotion in it, balanced by the cold calculation of safety.
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Water Paths
In 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
Walking calmly, the jaguar enters the frame from East going to West, in direction of my house. The magnificent cat appears to be
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The jaguar, my neighbor 1
On July 7, 2007 at 5:13 PM, when I took this photo, I had no idea about the synchronicity of those two points where the arcs of light pointed.
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Way of light
Essential and reduced to a minimum, the canoe hull requires a skill acquired since childhood, playing and naturally learning
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Channel of taxizeiros
On 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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Natural calendar
Maybe the riverside people’s feelings are not enchanted by that spectacle, as I am.
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Awarded forest
Image awarded first place in the 11th Itaú-BBA National Contest of Photography in the Flowered Forest category.
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Spirits of the forest
In the first light of morning, when the air hangs suspended and not even the slightest breeze can penetrate the landscape, it is in this magical
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Jute planter
Jute (Corchorus capsularis) is a vegetable textile fiber that comes from the Tilioideae family. It was brought from India in 1930 by
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Mother of Waters
In 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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Riverside children
Riverside children have everything to be happy. I saw this happiness in the most isolated communities, I also saw how, as the community
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River paths
The regional boat goes down the left bank of the Solimões river with white waters, it will soon find the paraná that will take it to the Negro river.
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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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Flying a forest 2
Now, we are right in the middle of the Tapajós National Forest. Huge green waves are lost on the horizon, great masses of steam
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Flying a forest 1
Coming from Fordlândia, we flew a short stretch over the Trans-Amazonian roadway and entered the Tapajós National Forest.
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Meeting of giants
A regional boat crosses the Meeting of the Waters, near Manaus. Negro river (dark water) meets the Solimoes river (yellowish water)
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Woman in charge
In the white waters of the Solimões River, the riverside woman rolls up, steering the boat by the bow.
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Fruit and fish
On the right bank of the Amazon River, from afar, the riverside canoes showed their great photographic potential.