P02_031

Fresh fruit and fish

On the right bank of the Amazon River, from afar, the riverside canoes showed their great photographic potential. Everything was getting ready for my delight and the culmination of the picture. My camera’s film avidly fed on the silhouettes highlighted in the landscape. The light, the landscape and the riverine people were balancing themselves as the boat approached. Even greater would be the surprise to understand that the riverines were waiting for us, that they had fresh fruit and fish and that they would give a great relief from the monotonous diet of rice and beans that dominated that long expedition.
In that analog era, it was imperative to maintain a balance between the eye and the finger, as the finger did not want to stop, and the eye had to have the good sense to choose useful frames, and at the same time, be aware of the relentless decrease of the 36 poses. On a one-week expedition I took 30 films, for a total of 1080 diapositives. This represents an average of 154 doses per day. What a shame! Today, in the digital age, I easily shoot over 1000 frames in a single day, sometimes on a single subject and on a single memory card. Now there is a pleasurable and parsimonious fashion, a retro sentimentality of photographic film that has its value for those who value it. From my point of view, I am happy with digital abundance.

P02_031 – Leonide Principe
Camera Nikon F5 with Nikkor lens 80-200mm f2.8 – Diapositive Film Fujichrome Velvia 50 – Scanner: Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED
Original digital capture of a real life scene
Original file size: 5333px x 3657px
Location Taken: near the city (Parintins – Amazonas Brazil)
Aproximate Date Taken: 1993
Collection: Riverines – Persons shown: unrecognizable people
Keywords:
canoasThe canoe is a small boat, narrow and light, and daringly close to the waterline. With both sharp ends, it is operated by a wooden oar, but in the absence of an oar, the riverine can uses any piece of wood or even a branch. It is considered the most used means of transport by riverside and indigenous people in the rivers of the Amazon. More, canoes, ribeirinhos, riverines, riverside dwellers, caboclosThere is the caboclo of terra firme (highlands), more dedicated to hunting and agriculture, he knows and moves with agility in the dense forest of the highlands. There is the riverine that inhabits the riverbanks, more dedicated to fishing and short-term crops following the flow of the waters. Brown skin, the result of centuries of miscegenation between native Indians and many other peoples – mainly Brazilians from the Northeast, Portuguese, Bolivians, Peruvians, Colombians, Syrians, Lebanese and Jews – pioneers from the time before the rubber boom, or who took part in the boom. Over time, caboclos absorbed the ancient wisdom derived from many indigenous ethnicities. More, cabocloThere is the caboclo of terra firme (highlands), more dedicated to hunting and agriculture, he knows and moves with agility in the dense forest of the highlands. There is the riverine that inhabits the riverbanks, more dedicated to fishing and short-term crops following the flow of the waters. Brown skin, the result of centuries of miscegenation between native Indians and many other peoples – mainly Brazilians from the Northeast, Portuguese, Bolivians, Peruvians, Colombians, Syrians, Lebanese and Jews – pioneers from the time before the rubber boom, or who took part in the boom. Over time, caboclos absorbed the ancient wisdom derived from many indigenous ethnicities. More, GENTE, PEOPLE, rio Amazonas, Amazon river, rios, rivers, águas, waterscapes, Parintins, Tupinambarana, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America, silhueta, silhouette, pôr-do-sol, sunset, tramonto, cor-de-laranja, orange
EN1 Fruits and fish, fresh P02_031
PT1 Fruits and fish, fresh P02_031
© – Leonide Principe, all right reserved
www.leonideprincipe.site

D22_3197

Backed by gold
Riverine crossing the lake of Bim, on the right bank of the Negro river. In this type of canoeThe canoe is a small boat, narrow and light, and daringly close to the waterline. With both sharp ends, it is operated by a wooden oar, but in the absence of an oar, the riverine can uses any piece of wood or even a branch. It is considered the most used means of transport by riverside and indigenous people in the rivers of the Amazon. More, the riverine always paddle along the bow, as it is there that they achieve more efficient manoeuvrability. On a day like this, when gold appears on the surface of the water, will the riverine recognize the value of their patrimony? A freedom backed by gold never loses its value. There are also freedoms based on stock exchanges, on unbacked, illusory and extremely volatile currencies. These are overlooked stock exchanges in these remote lakes, but threatening…

D22_3197 – Leonide Principe
Equipment: NIKON D7000 with lens 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 set at 300 mm – Exposition: ISO: 110 – Aperture: 6.3 – Shutter: 1/250 – Program: Aperture Priority – Exp. Comp.: +0.7,
Original digital capture of a real life scene –
Original file size: 4948px x 3280px
Location: Bim lake (Iranduba – Amazonas Brazil)
Date: August 25, 2012 – Time: 5:27:20 PM
Collection: Riverines – Persons shown: unrecognizable people
Keywords:
canoas, canoes, ribeirinhos, riverines, riverside dwellers, caboclos, caboclo, GENTE, PEOPLE, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America, silhueta, silhouette, pôr-do-sol, sunset, tramonto, cor-de-laranja, orange, lago do Bim, Iranduba
EN02 Backed by gold D22_3197
PT02 Backed by gold D22_3197
© – Leonide Principe, all right reserved
www.leonideprincipe.site