Category: Blog posts
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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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Lucid dreams
The 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
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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Forever faithful
Eternally faithful, macaws choose a single mate for their entire lives.
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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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Eyes of guaraná
The 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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Felid complicity
At first, the cat was calm, looked for a corner and lay down, watching the movement of the humans
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Eternal playful
It’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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Dark wonder
The orchid receives exotic names such as ‘dark wonder’ or ‘dark warrior’ for its petals and dark burgundy sepals.
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Your Majesty
The white, slightly pinkish flower appears this way on the first day, but it gradually turns more red as time passes…
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Amazon legend
At 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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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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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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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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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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Great Potoo
From the Nyctibiidae family, the ‘mother-of-the-moon’ is known for a unique type of moan that it emits at night, especially on moonlit nights.
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An angel
An orchid with open arms, wings and even aureola, a protective angel of nature. I ask myself, again I ask myself, I always ask myself:
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Little fairy
The inevitable question always comes to my mind: who designed you? so perfect! so harmoniously proportioned!
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A minute violet dot
A minute violet dot about 40 meters high from an adult and healthy kapok tree, there it was, enjoying the shade of a very sunny afternoon.
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Immaculate beauty
In Central America, it is popularly known as “orquídea de la Virgen Maria” and, certainly, its immaculate beauty justifies
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Eye to eye
Sorry, I’m just watching your reflected light, and recording it here in my little black box, I’m cool with you!
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Photographic objectivity
The reason for creating versions with horizontal and vertical orientation is basically to have greater elasticity in the graphic layout.
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Priestess flower
I had obtained authorization to photograph in an area reserved for research, INPA’s Campina Reserve. I had all day to flutter between
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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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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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Enchanting dolphin
The dolphin in the photograph with which I swam for a week left unforgettable moments in my memory.
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Ballerina orquid
Notice the arms crossed above the head and the legs, as if standing on tiptoe. Who drew you, dancer?
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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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Dark earth
I’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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George Huebner
The state of Amazonas is deteriorating. The economy is completely at a standstill because of the drop in the price of rubber.
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Inebriating perfume
The discovery of a flowering orchid in the treetops is a celebration. I once stood in the canopy for several hours,
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Shameless monkey
The 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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Fruit and fish
On the right bank of the Amazon River, from afar, the riverside canoes showed their great photographic potential.