A09_1378

Riverine woman in charge
In the ‘white waters’ of the Solimões River, the ‘caboca’ woman rolls up steering the boat by the bow. I was using a 300mm lens and when I zoomed in on the woman’s facial expression, she had a sense of presence: she was looking directly into my eye as if questioning my interest and therefore I wasn’t that close. The port of Manacapuru is made up of floating wooden constructions, tied together. There is a constant movement of people, trade is intense between warehouses, markets, bars and various stores. So I was in the middle of many other people, but it is known that a woman notices when someone is looking at her. She feels the energy of the observer.

A09_1378 – Leonide Principe
Equipment: NIKON D2X with lens 300.0 mm f/2.8 set at 300 mm – Exposition: ISO: 100 – Aperture: 6.7 – Shutter: 1/750 – Program: Normal – Exp. Comp.: -0.3,
Original digital capture of a real life scene –
Original file size: 4312px x 2868px
Location: Nas proximidades do porto (Manacapuru – Amazonas Brazil)
Date: March 23, 2006 – Time: 10:23:17 AM
Collection: Riverines – Persons shown: -unknown 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, mulheres, woman, women, Manacapuru, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America, crianças, children
EN01 Woman in charge A09_1378
PT01 Woman in charge A09_1378
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A09_1376

Like every sailor does
This was the first image of the woman approaching the port of Manacapuru. The captain takes her children and a considerable load with her. I’m shooting from the harbor floats with a 300mm telephoto lens. It was because of this lens that I noticed the exceptional scene: a woman with her children and carrying a load to the city. In those terms it is not so easy. There are many women canoeing in short distances, locally, but this one soon showed her brave face. She was carrying a sterndrive engine and was coming with the current, for this reason, before touching the port, she went downstream and turned around so she could lean on the pier with the current against her. It’s like every sailor does!

A09_1376 – Leonide Principe
Equipment: NIKON D2X with lens 300.0 mm f/2.8 set at 300 mm – Exposition: ISO: 100 – Aperture: 6.3 – Shutter: 1/640 – Program: Normal – Exp. Comp.: -0.3,
Original digital capture of a real life scene –
Original file size: 4312px x 2868px
Location: Nas proximidades do porto (Manacapuru – Amazonas Brazil)
Date: March 23, 2006 – Time: 10:22:59 AM
Collection: Riverines – Persons shown: -unknown people
Keywords:
canoas, canoes, ribeirinhos, riverines, riverside dwellers, caboclos, caboclo, GENTE, PEOPLE, mulheres, woman, women, Manacapuru, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America
EN02 Like every sailor A09_1376
PT02 Like every sailor A09_1376
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P07_151

Manacapuru riverside
Manacapuru is a cheerful and lively city in the interior. Just over 100 km from Manaus, the city thrives on the banks of the Solimões River, which is another name for this stretch of the Amazon River. The ‘white water’ rivers are much more populated because they are more abundant in the production of food and resources such as fish, fruits, vegetables and roots, and Manacapuru reflects this abundance with the traffic of its streets. On my first trips to this city, the main movement was bicycles, but recently, motorcycles are dominating. The city organizes the sumptuous Cirandas Folk Festival every year, at the end of August, which I covered for several years with the same enthusiasm as the Boi-bumbá Festival of Parintins.

P07_151 – 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: 5271px x 3534px
Location Taken: Beira rio (Manacapuru – Amazonas Brazil)
Date Taken: 1994
Collection: Cityscapes – Persons shown: none
Keywords:
água branca, white waterThe popular language refers with this term to rivers with a light ocher color, rich in sediments and whose sources usually start in the Andes. Examples: Amazon River, Purus River, Madeira River… More, águas, waterscapes, rios, rivers, rio Solimões, Solimoes river, Manacapuru, Amazonas, Amazônia, Amazon, Amazonian, Brazil, Brasil, Brazilian, América do Sul, South America, vista aérea, aerial view
EN3 Manacapuru riverside P07_151
PT3 Beira de Manacapuru P07_151
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