Category: People
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Terrifying sound
The 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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Fairy dust
The 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
It’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
On 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
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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Classroom
How about this classroom? Mounted on the Filhote, a young samaumeira, near a jungle hotel, the table was
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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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Shool day
In 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
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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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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Total trust
It is recognized that Amazon River Dolphins change their behavior in the presence of children and pregnant women
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Calibrated adrenaline
A really effective attitude in approaching wild animals is the ability to control the internal level of adrenaline.
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Bug reputation
The Jequitiranaboia or peanut head bug (Fulgura laternaria) suffers from a terrible reputation: they say it has poison, brings bad luck, and many
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Talking butterfly
The monarch butterfly has a very singular characteristic: long migratory journeys take them thousands of kilometers from their birthplace
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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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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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Dona Maria
Dona Maria is the matriarch who keeps the family united. Originally from the Juruá River, they migrated towards Manaus with only their will
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Domesticating a tree
Domesticating a tree does not in any way tame or change the nature of that living being. Domestication refers only to the conditions that
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Special night
The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) was in bloom, and I had had my fill of photographs during the day.
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Child in the tree
Child and tree are two entities that generate benevolence, either on the one hand or on the other.
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Moriche palm boat
On a lost beach between Barcelos and Moura, where there is a lower population densities on the planet, the riverside man builds…
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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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My friend the dolphin!
The outstretched hand is the clear sign of communication beyond human words.
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A branch and a rope
This is dangerous, irresponsible and useless and, worse still, exposes the child to the risk of an accident.
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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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Fisherman’s joy
In Paraná do Ramos, a channel that runs parallel to the right bank of the Amazon River, I met some fishermen who were going to distant lakes
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Poet’s orchid
The wooer came, adding more wonders. Yes, the courtier comes to flower to perfume himself, as this is part of his mating ritual.
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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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Curious communication
My friend Thierry, companion of many navigations and maritime storms, came to visit me in the Amazon and, of course,
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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.
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Living nature
Pachamamita teaches much more than the Ministry of Education, effortlessly, without funds and budgets other than
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Extraterrestrial visit
Everything indicates that it is an extra-terrestrial, who came to visit our world bringing a message of peace.
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Little masters
Do I need to compare with other toys? I mean other toys that are taken for granted, disregarded toys that clog
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Zoom effect
Who said homework comes first, then playtime? The teachings and wisdom of play should be a priority.