https://photobrazil.com https://photobrazil.com/Linkedin/1https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/sugarcane-cutter-Amazon-prtr0504.jpgsugarcane-cutter-Amazon-prtr0504A sugarcane cutter works without protective equipment in a plantation in the Medicilandia region along the Transamazonian Highway in Para state, Brazil. The image reflects the harsh conditions of manual cane cutting in the Amazon, where labor protections have often been enforced more unevenly than in the more industrialized South and Southeast, especially in remote rural areas marked by informal work, weak inspection and worker vulnerability. https://photobrazil.com/contact/1 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/1 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Amazon-deforestation-ECDE0110.jpgAmazon deforestation burning forestAmazon rain forest deforestation, Brazil. Four stages in land management on a big cattle farm in Acre State: In the foreground, naked clear land where the forest has recently been burned and grass will be grown. On the right, a pasture waiting for the cattle. In the background, the forest being burned to make pasture. On the left, native forest, which will soon enough undergo the same. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Amazon-rainforest-burning_ecde0317.jpgAmazon-rainforest-burningFlames engulf felled vegetation around massive tree trunks during a land-clearing burn in Acre, Brazilian Amazon—documenting rainforest fires and deforestation. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Amazon-deforestation-logging-sawmill_inma0210.jpgAmazon deforestation logging sawmillA sawmill worker in Acre, Brazilian Amazon, carries freshly cut boards amid clouds of sawdust, wearing an ironic T-shirt that reads “Preserve a natureza” (“Preserve nature”) while industrial logging drives Amazon rainforest deforestation. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Cattle-ranching-Amazon_09rf00071.jpgCattle ranching Amazon Brazil — deforestation pressureA herd of zebu cattle on move between properties in the Brazilian Amazon, illustrating how expanding ranching drives forest clearing, fragmentation, fires, and biodiversity loss. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/slave-work-Amazon-c0980203.jpgSlave work Amazon BrazilDuring a forced-labor raid at Estrela da Alagoas farm in Pará, Amazon region, Brazil’s mobile task force (GERTRAF) orders the landowner to pay workers’ wages and benefits in cash, with support from the Federal Police. Workers were hired for clearing the forest. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Police-station-Amazon_locb0103.jpgPolice station Amazon BrazilA small police station in the Brazilian Amazon shows severe disrepair and scarce resources, highlighting underfunded public security and precarious working conditions. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Amazon-turtle-protection_faqu0116.jpgAmazon river turtles Brazil — conservation patrol, nesting beachAn Amazon Chelonians Project worker sleeps on a river beach to guard turtle nests from predators and poachers along Brazil’s Amazon rivers, documenting grassroots wildlife protection that helped restore populations. The project removed the animal from the endangered species list. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Yanomami-gold-miner-violence-idya1103.jpgIllegal gold mining Brazil — murder in Yanomami landForensic staff examine an independent miner (garimpeiro) killed in a dispute over claims inside the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, Roraima, Brazilian Amazon—evidence of violent conflicts driven by illegal gold mining. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Illegal-hunting-Amazon_10rf00109.jpgIllegal wildlife trade Brazil — manatee poaching, ManausAmazonas State Environmental Police seize the severed head and meat of an Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis) during an anti-poaching operation in Manaus, northern Brazil, targeting illegal hunting and fishing. The IUCN red list ranks the Amazonian manatee as vulnerable. Population declines are primarily a result of hunting, as well as cub mortality, climate change, and habitat loss. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/pirarucu-illegal-fishing-Amazon.jpgPirarucu illegal fishing AmazonAmazonas State Environmental Police seize pirarucu fish fillet strips during an anti-poaching operation in Manaus, northern Brazil, targeting illegal hunting and fishing. The pirarucu, also known as arapaima or paiche ( Arapaima gigas ) is a South American tropical freshwater fish, it is a living fossil and one of the largest freshwater fishes in the world. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Yanomami-child-malnutrition-malaria_idya1402.jpgYanomami child malnutrition malariaA nurse cares for an undernourished Yanomami child suffering from malaria in the remote Surucucus region of Roraima, Brazilian Amazon, highlighting the health crisis faced by Indigenous communities with scarce medical assistance. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Leprosy-Amazon-cisa0206.jpgLeprosy Amazon Hansens disease BrazilA man with Hansen’s disease sits on a worn bed in a leprosy hospital in Acre, Brazilian Amazon, illustrating disability, stigma, and the burden of this neglected tropical disease on poor communities. Hansen's disease (HD) is a chronic infection caused by bacteria that provokes lack of ability to feel pain and thus loss of parts of extremities due to repeated injuries or infection due to unnoticed wounds. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Gold-mining-village_04.jpgGold mining wealthGold miner shows his gold watch during a snooker game at Garimpo Agua Branca, Gold mining village in Para State, Amazon rain forest, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/15https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Flooding-Amazon_15rf00015.jpgAmazon flooding - displaced people Jose Alcides dos Santos swims in the dark and dirty waters of Acre river besides his flooded house while his family waits in the balcony - 2015 flooding in Brazilian Amazon - Taquari district, Rio Branco city, Acre State. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/16https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Drought-Amazon_10rf00100.jpgDrought AmazonDrought in Amazon - Woman covers face because of heat on a sunny and humid day at Manuas city - stilt houses at slum in dry riverbed, area where flooding is likely to happen, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/17https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Land-reform-Brazil_05RF00001.jpgLand reform squatter protest Amazon BrazilAt a land reform demonstration in the Brazilian Amazon, a one-eye blind squatter from Rondon do Pará wears a headband reading “A paz é filha da justiça” (“Peace is the daughter of justice”), showing support for the local Rural Workers Union (STR–Rondon). https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/18https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/msra0620.jpgmsra0620.jpgLand Reform in Brazil. Demonstration of widows of landless workers assassinated in East Amazon. On assignment for "Imagens da Terra" Documentary & Photojournalism Agency. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/19https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Brazil-nuts-exportation-inex0401.jpgBrazil-nuts-exportation-inex0401.jpgBrazil nuts loading for exportation at Rio Branco city harbor, Acre State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/20https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/inex0319.jpgBrazil nut exportation AmazonBrazil nut fruits loading for exportation at Rio Branco harbor in Acre State, Amazon rain forest, Brazil - use of natural resources, native forest product, for economic development. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/21https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Yanomami-woman-Amazon-IDYA0413.jpgYanomami-woman-Amazon-IDYA0413.jpgReminiscences of an untouchable world. Portrait of a Yanomami woman "at home". Amazon rainforest, Roraima State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/22https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Yanomami-gold-miners_idya0610.jpgYanomami-gold-miners_idya0610 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/23https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Yanomami-poverty-idya0219.jpgYanomami-poverty-idya0219.jpgYanomami indigenous people, acculturated indians from Amazon rainforest living in poverty after contact with gold miners, Roraima State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/24https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Amazon-rural-school-cied0112.jpgAmazon-rural-school-cied0112.jpgRural school beside Transamazonica highway, Para State, Amazon, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/25https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Transamazonica-highway-loro0101.jpgTransamazonica-highway-loro0101.jpgTransamazônica highway, Amazon rainforest, Para State, Brazil. Bridge destroyed by truck drivers for protesting against the extremely bad conditions of the road. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/26https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/BR163_Para_106.jpgBR163_Para_106.jpgHerd of cattle, BR-163 road at South Para State, Amazon, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/27https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Amazon-deforestation-ecde0406.jpgAmazon deforestation chainsawAmazon rain forest deforestation. Loggers cut down huge tree using chainsaw for clearing land and cattle raising, Acre State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-rainforest-documentary-phototography/28https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Preserved-Amazon-forest_pcna0116.jpgPreserved Amazon forestPreserved Amazon rainforest, intact biome Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/1 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/03_Sugarcanecutterscattletruck_PSTE0216.jpgSugarcane cutters cattle truckSugarcane cutters transported in cattle truck, dangerous conditions of work, Bahia State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/02_Sugarcanetransportationtruck_08rf00043.jpgSugarcane transportation truckTransportation of sugarcane from the fields to the mill for production of ethanol and sugar. Cosmopolis, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/15_SugarcanecutterBrazil_08rf00084.jpgSugarcane cutter BrazilSugarcane cutters, Pederneiras city region, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Global production of sugarcane in 2018 was 1.91 billion tonnes, with Brazil producing 39% of the world total. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/04_childlaborindigenousboysugarcane_pscr0605.jpgChild labor indigenous boy sugarcaneChild labor, Guarani indigenous 14-years old boy works as sugarcane cutter - Brazilian ethanol production. Mato Grosso do Sul do State, mid-west Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/08rf00031.jpgWorkers ethanol plant BrazilWorkers clean vaporizing tanks, sugar production process. Ribeirao Preto region, the world greatest productive pole of ethanol and sugar. Sao Paulo State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/05_Laborgymnasticssugarcanecutters_Cosmopolis-0438.jpgLabor gymnastics sugarcane cuttersLabor gymnastics for sugarcane cutters before work at dawn. Ester ethanol and sugar Plant, Cosmopolis city, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/14_Laborgymnasticssugarcanecutters_Cosmopolis-1268.jpgLabor gymnastics sugarcane cuttersLabor gymnastics for sugarcane cutters before work at dawn. Ester ethanol and sugar Plant, Cosmopolis city, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/06_SugarcanecutterBrazil_Sao-Manoel-0582.jpgSugarcane cutter BrazilSugarcane cutter, Brazil. Due to working long hours in the heat without adequate fluid intake, sugarcane cutters are subject to getting chronic kidney disease, an illness that not infrequently can lead to death. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/07_Laborinvestigatorsugarcane_Sao-Manoel-0082.jpgLabor investigator sugarcane cutterLabor investigator Luis Henrique Rafael greets sugarcane cutter in the field while investigates labor conditions at sugarcane plantation in Bocaina city region, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/08_Sugarcanecutterslodging_08rf00103.jpgSugarcane cutters lodgingGovernment Labor investigator Marcus Vinicius Gonçalves from the Brazil Public Ministry's office investigates sugarcane cutters lodging conditions at Dois Corregos city, Sao Paulo State. He found out workers living in a dirty run-down company complex, a cane hub, and $50 a month is deducted from worker´s paycheck for housing. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/10_modernslaverysugarcanecutters_pste0710.jpgModern slavery sugarcane cuttersSugarcane cutters stand in line in the field at lunch time. Food is served in dirty bowls and many workers use their hands to eat as there is not enough cutlery for everyone. No tables and no protection against sun or rain. Bahia State, Northeastern Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/11_ModernslaverysugarcaneBrazil_PSTE0503.jpgModern slavery sugarcane BrazilSugarcane cutters have lunch under a bus in order to protect themselves from rain. Meals served with no tableware. Food is served in dirty bowls and workers use their hands to eat as there is not enough cutlery for everyone. Bahia State, Northeastern Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazilian-ethanol-sugarcane-workers/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/01_Sugarcaneplantationaerial_08rf00025.jpgSugarcane plantation aerial viewSugarcane monoculture in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/1 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Underground-gold-mining-Amazon.jpgUnderground gold mining AmazonHard rock gold mining in Amazon rain forest - underground mining - where the ore is extracted through tunnels and shafts. Agua Branca gold mining village, Para State, north Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Hydraulic-mining-gold-Amazon.jpgHydraulic mining gold AmazonHydraulic mining known as "chupadeira system", a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment. Agua Branca gold mining village, Para State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Mercury-gold-mining-Amazon-02.jpgMercury gold mining AmazonUse of mercury as part of the hydraulic gold mining process known as "chupadeira system" - at the end of a day´s washing, using high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material, came the "despescagem", the removal of material collected in the sluice box by using mercury to amalgamate with the metal. Agua Branca gold mining village, Amazon rain forest, Para State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Gold-mining-Amazon-deforestation-02.jpgGold mining Amazon deforestationAmazon rain forest deforestation caused by gold mining activity At the end of the extracting process, lakes of polluted mud and large areas of cleared land are abandoned in the forest, leading to desertification of entire regions. Agua Branca gold mining village, , Para State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Yanomami-gold-mining-idya1209.jpgIllegal landing-strip Yanomami gold miningIllegal landing-strip at Yanomami indigenous people territory, Paapiu area, Roraima State, Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Gold miners invasion of native land, gold mining tents at indian settlement. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Gold-miner-Amazon-deforestation.jpgGold miner Amazon deforestationGold seeker portrait. At the end of the extracting process, lakes of polluted mud and large areas of cleared land are abandoned in the forest, leading to desertification of entire regions. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Gold-mining-Amazon.jpgGold mining AmazonFormer gold mining washerwoman known as Maria dos Cordoes ( Mary of the necklaces ) at Agua Branca gold mining village, Para State, Amazon, Brazil. Maria had some success on saving some wealth converted in golden teeth and necklaces. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Prostitution-gold-mining-village-Amazon-Brazil.jpgProstitution gold mining village Amazon BrazilProstitution at Agua Branca Gold mining village in Para State, Amazon rain forest, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Gold-miner-Amazon.jpgOccupational injury gold miner AmazonOccupational injury, disabled former gold miner at home. Ze do Facao ( Joe of the machete ), as he is known, had a serious accident at work and now get his living making minor tasks. Belterra city, Para State, Amazon, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Acculturated-Yanomami-indigenous-people-gold-mining-Amazon.jpgAcculturated Yanomami indigenous people gold mining AmazonAcculturated Yanomami Indigenous People wearing clothes received from independent gold miners who invaded the indigenous territory, Roraima State, Amazon, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Malaria-Yanomami-Amazon.jpgMalaria Yanomami AmazonPhysician takes care of sick Yanomami indigenous man suffering from malaria resting in a hammock at Casa do Indio, a Hospital for the natives at Boa Vista city, capital of the state of Roraima in north Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Yanomami-child-malaria-malnutrition.jpgYanomami child malaria malnutritionGold mining inside Yanomami Indigenous People territory causing diseases and acculturation. Sick underfeeded Yanomami child with malaria. Surucucu Brazilian Army Post, Roraima State, Amazon rain forest, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Dump-cemetery-gold-mining-village-Amazon.jpgGold mining village AmazonBad land management, the disorderly growth of Agua Branca gold mining village transformed the former cemetery in a dump, Para State, Amazon, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/15https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Gold-mining-Amazon-deforestation.jpgGold mining Amazon deforestationAmazon rain forest deforestation caused by gold mining activity Forest bacame desert after hydraulic mining was performed, a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment. Agua Branca gold mining village, , Para State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/amazon-gold-mining/16https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Yanomami-gold-mining-idya1108.jpgYanomami gold mining Amazon deforestationYanomami Indigenous People land in Roraima State, Amazon rainforest, north Brazil. At the end of the gold extracting process, large areas of cleared land are abandoned in the forest, leading to desertification of entire regions. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/1 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/slaveworkBrazilescravo16.jpgModern slavery Amazon BrazilRural workers freed by the Special Group for the Repression of Forced Labour, mobile group formed by officials of the Ministry of Labour with the support from the Federal Police. Amazon, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/pste0606.jpgSlave work Amazon BrazilMeal served to worker kept imprisoned at Tuere Farm in Brazilian Amazon - armadillo. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/c0590234.jpgc0590234.jpgContemporary slavery. Coordinator of mobile group that combats slave work in Brazil explains landowner Eutimio Lippaus caught in the act the next procedures and penalties. Boa Fe Farm in Ourilandia do Norte, Para State, Amazon, Brazil. The Special Group for the Repression of Forced Labour is made up of mobile groups that work in different regions of the country, investigating accusations of work conditions close to slavery on farms, charcoal works, plantations and sugar mills. They are officials of the Ministry of Labour and they have support from the Federal Police. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0480128.jpgp0480128.jpgWorkers found imprisoned by the Special Group for the Repression of Forced Labour in line to be photographed and having the photograph pasted into their first work permit. Modern slavery at Tuere Estate, Amazon rain forest, Para state, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/prtr0408.jpgprtr0408.jpgMan found imprisoned by the Special Group for the Repression of Forced Labour shaving and waiting to be photographed and having the photograph pasted into the first work permit he had ever had in his live. Modern slavery at Estrela das Alagoas Estate, Amazon rain forest, Para state, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/slaveworkBrazilc0900215.jpgslave work Brazil c0900215 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0530114.jpgp0530114.jpgLiberation of workers submitted to exploitation and degrading lodging conditions at Tuere farm, Para State, Brazil. Mutilated worker receives payment with the support of the Federal Police. Contemporary slavery in Amazon rainforest. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0520133.jpgp0520133.jpgContemporary slavery in Amazon rainforest. Special Group for the Repression of Forced Labour obliges landowner who submit workers to bondage to pay their rights cash with the support of the Federal Police. Illiterate woman receives payment by signing the receipt with finger-print. Tuere farm, Para State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/c0960226.jpgc0960226.jpgContemporary slavery in Amazon rainforest. Special Group for the Repression of Forced Labour obliges landowner who submit workers to bondage to pay their rights cash. Estrela da Alagoas Farm at Para State, Brazil. Toothless worker receives payment respecting entirely the legislation in Brazil and break into laughter, with the support of the Federal Police. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0440120.jpgp0440120.jpgPeao de trecho ( worker in transit, Amazonian rootless migrant farm worker ) left injured in a lodging by his former employer after being hurt in his leg while cleaning forest. Tucurui city, Para State, Brazil. Contemporary slavery in Amazon rain forest. Workers have no medical assistance by contractors. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/pste0417.jpgpste0417.jpgLodging conditions at Nova Alianca Sugar & Ethanol Plant, Bahia State, Northeast Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0480125.jpgp0480125.jpgLiberation of workers submitted to debt bondage at an Amazon rainforest estate, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/modern-slavery-brazil/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0420126.jpgAmazon deforestation Brazil — forced laborAmazon deforestation - Charred stumps and felled trunks mark an area of Amazon rainforest cleared near Tucuruí, Pará, Brazil—an editorial image documenting deforestation linked to forced labor. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/1 https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0640029.jpgLandless Indigenous People Brazil — Guarani Kaiowa evictionGuarani Kaiowa families expelled from their traditional land by cattle ranchers camp along a roadside near Guyraroka village, Caarapó, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, illustrating Indigenous displacement and ongoing land rights conflict. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Kaiowa-Indians-land-recovery-Kokuei_p0590027.jpgLand recovery Kaiowas BrazilGuarani Kaiowa families walk together to reoccupy their traditional territory Kokue Y (Kokue’i) in Brazil, risking violent retaliation as they reclaim ancestral land after prayer and careful planning. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Kaiowas-land-recovery_p0610025.jpgKaiowas Indigenous People land recoveryGuarani Kaiowa men pull out fence posts erected by farmers as they reoccupy their traditional Kokue Y (Kokue’i) territory in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, asserting Indigenous land rights amid ongoing agrarian conflict. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0610036.jpgIndigenous land conflict Brazil — Guarani Kaiowa land guardA Guarani Kaiowa watchman stands on a mound in the reclaimed Kokue Y territory in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, guarding traditional land amid tense conflict with surrounding farmers. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Guarani-Kaiowas-land-recovery_idgu0101.jpgGuarani-Kaiowas-land-recovery_idgu0101.jpgGuarani-Kaiowas indigenous people. Women ready for war. Recovery of traditional territory. The indians face the armed authority of the farmers and long judicial battles for the demarcation and permanence in their lands. Mato Grosso do Sul State, Mid-west Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Kaiowa-child-begging-food_p0610029.jpgKaiowa child begging food roadsideKaiowa child begging for food on the roadside. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Kaiowa-begging-roadside_p0620020.jpgKaiowa child begging roadsideKaiowa child begging on roadside. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Kaiowas-indigenous-school_p0110014.jpgKaiowas indigenous-schoolIndigenous children in line for school lunch at Jaguapire village. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Kaiowa-Pentecostal-cult_p0400002.jpgKaiowas Indigenous People Pentecostal cultKaiowas Indians at Pentecostal cult, Amambai Indigenous Reserve. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/pste0608.jpgKaiowas Indigenous People ethanol plant lodgingIndigenous lodging at ethanol and sugar plant. Kaiowas Indians work as sugarcane cutters. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/inal0207.jpgKaiowas Indigenous People sugarcane cuttersGuarani-Kaiowa Indigenous sugarcane cutters having lunch inside plantation, under a scalding sun. Meals served with no tableware, no protection against sun or rain. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/inal0117.jpgKaiowas Indigenous People sugarcane cutterKaiowa Indian works as sugarcane cutter in ethanol production plant. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Baby-surgery-Amambai-hospital.jpgKaiowas Indigenous People health hospitalIndigenous baby with giant facial cyst undergoes removal surgery at Amambai hospital. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/15https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Kaiowa-baby-surgery-hospital_p0480038.jpgKaiowas Indigenous People mother tenderenssKaiowa Indigenous mother cares for her baby after cyst removal surgery at Amambai hospital. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/16https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Guarani-Kaiowas-cattle-truck-exploitation_P0350038.jpgKaiowas Indigenous People exploitationMerchants transport the Indians in cattle trucks from Sossoro Indigenous Reserve to the nearest Banco do Brasil agency in Tacuru city once a month where women with children and retired people receive the Government assistance and then are guided to spend their money on the local retail market at abusive prices. https://photobrazil.com/stories/guarani-kaiowas-brazil/17https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Guarani-Kaiowas-Brazil-land-recovery-idgu0107.jpgKaiowas Indigenous People land recoveryHappy young acculturated Guarani- Kaiowa man celebrating the recovery of traditional territory at Cerro Marangatu village in Antonio Joao municipality. Unfortunately, the joy wouldn't last long. This is an ongoing documentation project. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/1 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Brazilian-woman2.jpgBrazilian womenBrazilian women - reveler at Samba schools parade in Rio de Janeiro and catholic pilgrim in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceara State. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Street-carnival_p0119203.jpgRelaxed Rio lifestyle A shirtless man drinks beer amid a nighttime street carnival crowd in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The black-and-white scene captures the relaxed Rio lifestyle and spontaneous partying during public festivities. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Brazilian-sensual-woman_p0019722.jpgBrazilian sensual womanBrazilian woman, Samba schools parade, Rio de Janeiro carnival. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Amazon-gold-mining_10rf00073_pb.jpgAmazon-gold-mining_10rf00073_pb.jpgHard rock mining in Amazon rainforest – gold seeker works in dangerous tunnels excavated manually. It is also a story on adventurers dreaming of becoming rich overnight. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/pste0604.jpgCharcoal worker portraitCharcoal worker portrait in front of timber ready to go into kilns. Charcoal making begins with the falling of trees - about a third of the national charcoal production is still based on exploitation of natural resources, depleting forest - the rest uses Eucalyptus or Pinus grown in plantations. After lumberjacks have cut the tree using a chain saw, helpers take away the branches, and the timber is cut to size and allowed to air dry. Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Mid-west Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Rubber-Amazon_p0369133.jpgRubber AmazonNatural rubber loading for transportation to processing plant, exportation of natural resources from Amazon rainforest - unhealthy job, worker wears no PPE, no personal protective equipment, Xapuri, Acre State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0699802.jpgChild labor Brazil p0699802Catholicism in Brazil. Boy works collecting wax of the melt candles for re-selling to candle factory in front of the cemetery during celebration of Day of the Dead in Juazeiro do Norte city, Ceara State, Northeastern Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Brazilian-woman-drought_p0339939.jpgBrazilian woman drought povertyBrazilian woman. People collect water from land in the cemetery, region hitted by severe drounght, Pernambuco State. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Poverty-family-drought_p0039825.jpgPoverty religion family droughtLuzinete Augusto da Silva, 37 years old incomeless mother of 9 children, holds his worm-infected little boy, rural area of Bananeiras city in Paraiba State, a region hiited by drought in Northeastern Brazil. Intestinal parasites are prevalent in tropical areas. They can aggravate malnutrition by depleting essential nutrients through intestinal blood loss and chronic diarrhea. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cards-game-favela_p0639922.jpgCards game Rio de Janeiro favelaDaily life at Morro da Mangueira, a Rio de Janeiro favela where it was founded the Mangueira Samba School, one of strongest competitors in the annual Rio Carnival samba competition, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Dancing-in-the-rain_p0049110.jpgDancing in the rainDancing in the rain, street carnival, downtown Rio de Janeiro. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Boy-upside-down-carnival_p0068310.jpgBoy upside down carnivalStreet carnival, downtown Rio de Janeiro. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Sport-disabled-people-2.jpgSport disabled people social workPartner: Boundless Jiu-jitsu Project ( Projeto jiu-jitsu Sem-Limites ) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Jiu-jitsu class for disabled people - students with down syndrome lovingly kiss professor Allan Di Lucia s leg. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/15https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/psdr0101.jpgpsdr0101.jpgDaily life. Children play soccer while soldier searches for drug dealers in a nearby favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/16https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Pilgrims-Juazeiro-do-Norte_p0599835.jpgCatholic pilgrims Juazeiro do NorteCatholic pilgrims, Juazeiro do Norte, Ceara State, Northeastern Brazil. Juazeiro do Norte is best known as the base of the charismatic priest and politician Padre Cícero (Cícero Romão Batista) (1844-1934). A pilgrimage in his honour takes place every November, attracting thousands of followers. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/17https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Dump-poverty_psmi0816.jpgDump povertyPickers sort through garbage finding recyclables as a means of survival at Metropolitan Landfill of Jardim Gramacho ( Aterro Metropolitano de Jardim Gramacho ) in Duque de Caxias city, one of the largest landfills in the world, closed in June 2012 after 34 years of operation when it received most of the garbage produced in Rio de Janeiro city - it was started on an ecologically-sensitive wetland in the 1970s adjacent to Guanabara Bay. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/18https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/sugarcane-cutter-cattle-truck_pste0712.jpgSugarcane cutters labor exploitationSugarcane cutters transported by cattle truck from lodge to the fields in the morning. Ethanol and sugar production, Bahia State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/19https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Calos-Cachaca-Mangueira_p0078819.jpgCarlos Cachaça MangueiraCarlos Cachaça (Carlos Moreira de Castro, 1902-1999), Brazilian composer and one of the founders of the Mangueira Samba School, meets a neighbor during a walk through Morro da Mangueira in Rio de Janeiro. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/20https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Rio-de-Janeiro-nightlife_pspr0512.jpgBrazilian woman nightlifeBrazilian woman, Rio de Janeiro nightlife. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/21https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Street-fight_p0119235.jpgStreet fightStreet fight, Rio de Janeiro nightlife. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/people-of-Brazil/22https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Brazilian-woman-carnival_p0029738.jpgBrazilian woman carnivalBrazilian woman, Samba schools parade, Rio de Janeiro carnival. https://photobrazil.com/stories/charcoal-workers-brazil/1 https://photobrazil.com/stories/charcoal-workers-brazil/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/pste0604.jpgCharcoal worker portraitCharcoal worker portrait in front of timber ready to go into kilns. Charcoal making begins with the falling of trees - about a third of the national charcoal production is still based on exploitation of natural resources, depleting forest - the rest uses Eucalyptus or Pinus grown in plantations. After lumberjacks have cut the tree using a chain saw, helpers take away the branches, and the timber is cut to size and allowed to air dry. Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Mid-west Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/charcoal-workers-brazil/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Charcoal-worker_prca0413.jpgCharcoal-worker_prca0413Charcoal worker portrait. Wood transporters pile up logs in areas that tractors or trucks can access. Tractor and truck helpers load timber in the cutting areas and pile it at the kiln area. Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Mid-West Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/charcoal-workers-brazil/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Charcoal-worker_p0129626-3.jpgCharcoal-worker_p0129626-3Filling the charcoal production kiln: Up to hundreds of brick kilns are built in each site, in single or multiple lines so that they can be loaded with timber and also unloaded consecutively. The density and the position of the wood inside the kiln are determinants of charcoal productivity. The combustion process takes up to seven days. Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Mid-West Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/charcoal-workers-brazil/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Charcoal-worker_prca0317.jpgCharcoal-worker_prca0317Charcoal worker portrait. Wood smoke generated in kilns is a complex mixture composed of liquid, solid, and gaseous particles. Many components are irritant and genotoxic, such as nitrogen and sulphur oxides, benzene, methanol, styrene, phenols, naphthalene, aldehydes, organic acids, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Mid-west Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/charcoal-workers-brazil/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Rural-school-Brazil_p0179617-3.jpgRural school charcoal BrazilChildren study in a rustic wooden classroom at a rural school serving families employed in charcoal production near Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil—an editorial documentary image on education and inequality. https://photobrazil.com/stories/charcoal-workers-brazil/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Charcoal-works-children_p0159622.jpgCharcoal-works-children_p0159622Charcoal production in Brazil. Parents do not have anyone to watch their children and carry them to the work place. They play around the piles of wood and breathe little particles of charcoal causing serious respiratory diseases. Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Mid-West Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/charcoal-workers-brazil/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Child-labor-charcoal-worker_p0069629-HDR.jpgChild-labor-charcoal-worker_p0069629-HDRChild labor in charcoal production. Adults and children alike work an average of 12 hours a day, at least six days a week. A variety of health problems and diseases are associated with the job, especially because workers do not use protective gear, like masks, boots or gloves. Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Mid-West Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/charcoal-workers-brazil/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/charcoal-worker_p0259616-HDR.jpgcharcoal transportationCharcoal worker. Charcoal is transported by trucks from the sites to foundries, where it is used in making pig-iron. Charcoal-carriers fill up plastic or wicker baskets with charcoal, place them over their shoulders or head, and climb a ladder to empty the container or place the basket into a truck. Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Mid-West Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/charcoal-workers-brazil/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Charcoal-worker-Amazon_PRCA0206.jpgCharcoal-worker-Amazon_PRCA0206Charcoal worker in front of burning kiln, Acre State, Amazon rainforest, Brazil. The combustion process takes up to seven days. The duration of the combustion depends on the size of the kiln, and the density and freshness of the wood. A worker known as a burner or mud-worker checks the colour and the amount of the smoke, which indicate the stage of combustion. He gradually fills openings with clay while the pyrolysis progresses, in order to guarantee that the heat inside the kiln is appropriate for the production of charcoal. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/1 https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/01_Women-poverty-drought_p0229804.jpgWomen poverty droughtWomen carry water withdrawn from holes dug in a dry riverbed. A long walk uphill in an arid scenario. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/02_Amazon-flooding_15rf00007.jpgFlooded houseGilca Goncalvez Cunha, 65, finds her house flooded with the water level above the waist, after spending some days at relatives´ houses. One of the worst affected areas was the state capital, Rio Branco, where level of the Acre River reached a record 18.40 meters in early March 2015. Flood stage is thought to be 14 meters. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/03_Poverty-drought_P0099812.jpgPoverty droughtJoao Medeiros Aragao, 58 (seems 70), epileptic and malnourished, arrives home carrying two full buckets of water suspended from a wooden yoke across his shoulders in Barra de Santa Rosa, Paraiba, Brazil. The improvised burden resembles a cross, underscoring the daily struggle for water in the drought-prone semi-arid sertao. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/04_Amazonflooding_15rf00025.jpgFlood lineRaimundo Augusto Lima, 77 (shirtless) and Genessi Rodrigues de Almeida, 84, try to fix damaged fence in flooded street at Taquari district. One can see the flood line - the brown mark about 4 meters high at the blue stilt house. Rio Branco, Acre State. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/05_Submerged-tree-Amazon_MG_7619.jpgSubmerged tree AmazonFlood line - the brown mark about 4 meters high at the drowned tree. On March 3rd , 2015 Brazil’s federal government declared a state of emergency in Acre State, where flood situation has been described as the worst in 132 years. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/06_Caatinga-drought_DSF6789.jpgCaatinga droughtFuture climate projections for the region known as Sertão in Northeastern Brazil show large temperature increases and rainfall reductions, which, together with a tendency for longer periods with consecutive dry days, suggest the occurrence of more frequent/intense dry spells and droughts and a tendency toward aridification in the region. All these conditions lead to an increase in evaporation from reservoirs and lakes, affecting irrigation and agriculture as well as key water uses including hydropower and industry, and thus, the welfare of the residents. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Amazon-flooding_MG_7870.jpgAmazon floodingFlooded house, Amazon flooding, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Drought-coexistence-agriculture_GOPR0137.jpgDrought-coexistence-agriculture_GOPR0137.jpgCoexistence with drought in Northeastern Brazil - use of micro-irrigation on subsistence familiar agriculture. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/07_Severe-drought-dead-dog_DSF6012.jpgSevere drought dead dogDog skeleton. Droughts have been reported in Northeast Brazil since the sixteenth century. The 2012-15 severe drought that gripped the northeast took its toll on more than 1100 towns, even triggering fighting in rural areas for water allocation. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/08_Amazon-flooding_DSF1513.jpgAmazon flooding isolated animalFlooding in Brazilian Amazon. Dog tries to escape the flood by taking refuge on the roof, at Taquari district in Rio Branco city. The Amazon is continually subject to floods as part of its natural climate variability. What calls attention is the rise in the frequency and severity of these events in recent years. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Amazonflooding_DSF9790.jpgAmazon flooding_DSF9790José Alcides dos Santos wades through neck-deep floodwater on a street in the Taquari neighborhood of Rio Branco, Acre state, Brazil, after work as the Acre River overflows and inundates residential homes. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/10_Drought-dead-cattle_-p0189834.jpgDrought dead cattleThe last severe droughts in Northeastern Brazil have destroyed large swaths of cropland, causing drinking water shortages in hundreds of cities and towns across the region and leaving ranchers struggling to feed and water cattle. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/11_Cemetery-rural-Brazil-drought_p0499836.jpgCemetery rural Brazil droughtRural cemetery in arid scenario of the Brazilian Sertão, an economically poor region in the northeastern region of the country that is well-known in Brazilian culture, with a rich history and much folklore, synonymous of drought and poverty to most Brazilians. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/15https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/12_Amazon-flooding_DSF1291.jpgFlooded house AmazonDaily life - "private swimming pool", flooding in Brazilian Amazon. Children play and swim in the dirty waters of Acre river that overflowed and invaded their backyard. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/16https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/13_Amazon-flooding_DSF0286.jpgAmazon flooding displaced manFlooding in Brazilian Amazon. Portrait of displaced man in front of his house and belongings. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/17https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/14_Drought-deep-well_p0629942.jpgDrought deep wellDrought in Northeastern Brazil. Construction of well. Hope of finding clean water. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/18https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/17_Dry-riverbed_DSF6017.jpgDry riverbedCaatinga vegetation rises in a dry riverbed. Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/19https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/18_Family-refugee-Amazon-flooding_15rf00036a.jpgFamily refugee Amazon floodingDisplaced family. Woman rows in a flooded street at Taquari district in Rio Branco city on a rainy day trying to keep her children and dogs safe. https://photobrazil.com/stories/brazil-floods-droughts/20https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/19_Drought-refugees_P0529813.jpgDrought refugeesDrought refugees. Jose Quirino de Lima, Maria Alzenita Claudino dos Santos and their 9 children ask for a ride by the BR-428 highway trying to get at southeast Brazil. Jose is unemployed and his children do not attend school. What is referred to as formal employment simply does not exist in the rural zone of Northeastern Brazil. People try to make a living on small clearings. If there´s no water, there´s not going to be any crop, nor any earnings. An inexpensive army of unskilled labor force is formed to serve the economic system and inhabit the slums of the large metropolises. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/1 https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/01_social-worker-disabled-woman_CISA0403.jpgSocial worker disabled womanSocial worker. Volunteer affectionately cares for paralysed patient. The House receives help from around 10 volunteers per day. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/02_Social-workers-disability_CISA0905.jpgSocial workers disabilitySocial workers and interns feed paralyzed patient. Tenderness and happiness. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/03_Happy-disabled-woman_C0340232.jpgHappy disabled womanGeriatric Hospital takes in chronically paralyzed patients or those totally dependent on bedside care. José tadeu Silva, founder of the institution, visits the interns on theirs beds. A moment of deep happiness. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/04_Happy-disabled-man_c0170236.jpgHappy disabled manJose Euripedes da Silva lives at the House since 1993. Althoungh he is totally dependent on bedside care, his enthusiasm is contagious. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/05_Happy-psychiatric-patient_CISA0419.jpgHappy psychiatric patientThe psychiatry sector (deactivated in 2019) – supported the re-integration of patients suffering from mental illness into their families and society. Happy woman plays in the swing. Psychiatric patients spent the day in therapeutic and outdoor activities. Most of them were previously living in asylums. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/06_Psychiatric-patient_CISA0605.jpgPsychiatric patientVolunteer shaves a psychiatric patient. Care and tenderness. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/07_solidarity-empathy-care_cisa0606.jpgSolidarity empathy careAn intern comforts a chronically paralysed colleague. In a place where I thought I would find only sickness, sadness and abandonment, I learned the true meaning of the words solidarity, empathy and care. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/c0040208.jpgVolunteer Geriatric Hospital c0040208Geriatric Hospital takes in chronically paralyzed patients or those totally dependent on bedside care - aged patients receive the visit of musicians from a choral, volunteerism. Casa do Caminho ( Path-way House ). City: Araxá; State: Minas Gerais; Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/08_geriatric-hospital-tenderness_c0280233.jpgGeriatric hospital tendernessDaily life in the geriatric hospital. An intern gives a hand-made paper flower to a colleague. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/09_social-worker-comfort-patients_c0410212.jpgSocial worker comfort patientsJosé tadeu Silva, founder of the institution, visits the interns on theirs beds. A serene and loving environment gives comfort to the patients. https://photobrazil.com/stories/elder-care-brazil/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/10_emotion-hospital_CISA0808.jpgEmotion hospital renewed humanityThe patients frequently receive visits from groups of tourists and not rarely the interns themselves comfort some of them., who get deeply emotional. The Path-way House is a source of inspiration for a renewed humanity. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/1 https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0519937.jpgChild Pastoral in BrazilFight against infant malnutrition. NGO "Pastoral da Criança" ( Child Pastoral ) agent monitors childre`s weight in the rural area with a scale. Northeastern Brazil. City: Brejinho; State: Pernambuco. Region affected by drought, several cases of undernourishment. Volunteerism and healthcare. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cisa1204.jpgundernourishmentChild undernourishment. Fight against infant malnutrition. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/c0170414.jpgChild Pastoral in BrazilChild Pastoral agent visits poor families houses in Palmares city rural area, Pernambuco State, Northeast Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cisa1309.jpgChild Pastoral in BrazilFight against infant malnutrition. NGO "Pastoral da Criança" ( Child Pastoral ) agents monitor children`s weight in the rural area with a scale. Northeastern Brazil. City: Brejinho; State: Pernambuco. Region affected by drought, several cases of undernourishment. Volunteerism and healthcare. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0599132.jpgMilk for poor childrenFeeding program. Poor children living in a landless workers camp, assisted by the Child Pastoral, wait for milk in the morning at a catholic church house, Tocantins State, Amazon rain forest, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cisa1411.jpgChild Pastoral in BrazilNGO "Pastoral da Criança" ( Child Pastoral ) agent visits houses in countryside Brazil. Home healthcare for disabled child, rural area of Palmares city, Pernambuco State. Volunteerism. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0369912.jpg Infant malnutrition undernourished child hospitalFight against infant malnutrition. Undernourished child assisted by NGO "Pastoral da Criança" ( Child Pastoral ). Mother cares for her baby in the hospital. Northeastern Brazil. City: Afogados da Ingazeira; State: Pernambuco. Region affected by drought, several cases of childhood underfeeding. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cisa1413.jpgChild Pastoral in BrazilFight against infant malnutrition. NGO "Pastoral da Criança" ( Child Pastoral ) agents monitor children`s weight in the rural area with a scale. Northeastern Brazil. City: Brejinho; State: Pernambuco. Region affected by drought, several cases of undernourishment. Volunteerism and healthcare. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cisa1410.jpgChild Pastoral in BrazilNGO "Pastoral da Criança" ( Child Pastoral ) agent visits houses in countryside Brazil. Monitoring pregnant woman health, rural area of Palmares city, Pernambuco State. Volunteerism and healthcare. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cisa1304.jpgChild Pastoral in BrazilFight against infant malnutrition. Catholic Organization "Pastoral da Criança" (Child Pastoral) agents look for cases of undernourishment, Northeastern Brazil. City: Brejinho; State: Pernambuco. Region affected by drought. Volunteerism and health care. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cisa1305.jpgChild Pastoral in BrazilFight against infant malnutrition. NGO "Pastoral da Criança" ( Child Pastoral ) agents monitor children`s weight in the rural area with a scale. Northeastern Brazil. City: Brejinho; State: Pernambuco. Region affected by drought, several cases of undernourishment. Volunteerism and healthcare. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cisa1301.jpgChild Pastoral in BrazilFight against infant malnutrition. Catholic Organization "Pastoral da Criança" (Child Pastoral) agents monitor children´s weight in the rural area with a scale. Northeastern Brazil. City: Brejinho; State: Pernambuco. Region affected by drought, several cases of undernourishment. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/CIHA0117.jpgChildren in poverty Brazil favelaChildren in poverty assisted by Child Pastoral living in a Natal city favela, Rio Grande do Norte state, Northeastern Brazil. Lack of wastewater treatment services. https://photobrazil.com/stories/pastoral-da-crianca-brazil/15https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0509930.jpgPoverty and tendernessPoor family in Sertao assisted by Child Pastoral - fight against infant malnutrition, region affected by drought, Northeastern Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/1 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Rio20_01514.jpgViolence against Brazilian Indigenous PeopleIndigenous People march, organized by the People's Summit at Rio+20 for Social and Environmental Justice, was not allowed by police to get close to the Rio+20 UN Conference. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Flooding-Amazon_15rf00003.jpgFlooding-Amazon_15rf00003Ana Rosa da Silva finds a floating TV set at her parents´ flooded house - 2015 flooding in Brazilian Amazon -Taquari district, Rio Branco city, Acre State. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Family-doctor-rural-Brazil_cisa1313.jpgFamily doctor rural BrazilFamily Doctor Program ( Programa Médico de Familia ) supported by the Brazilian Government. Poor families from countryside Brazil receive healthcare at home. Rural area of Palmares city, Pernambuco State. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Dump-lingerie_psmi0506.jpgWomen Landfill povertyPoverty, woman finds lingerie in the dump. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Workers collect garbage for the recycling industry and also for personal use. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/santa-Claus-gives-gift-lonely-boy.jpgSanta Claus gives gift poor boySanta Claus gives gift to lonely and poor boy, countryside Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Rio-de-Janeiro-nightlife_14rf00013.jpgRio de Janeiro nightlifeBeautiful Brazilian woman dance samba - nightlife at Mangueira Samba School headquarter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Joaosinho-Trinta_cade4713-2.jpgJoaosinho-Trinta_cade4713-2 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Samba-schools-parade_cade4811-3.jpgSamba-schools-parade_cade4811-3 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/disabled-carnival-reveler-wheelchair-CADE3505-copy1.jpgDisabled carnival reveler wheelchairDisabled carnival reveler enjoys Samba Schools Parade, Rio de Janeiro. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/disabled-street-seller-14rf00035.jpgDisabled street seller wheelchairHigh Class - disabled street seller works at Red Line, an expressway connecting Rio de Janeiro international airport and the city´s downtown. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Yanomami-malaria-Amazon-IDYA0619.jpgYanomami malnourished child malariaSick Yanomami child with malaria, a mosquito-borne infectious disease, commonly associated with poverty. Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Mining in indigenous land led to environmental degradation and the relationship with gold miners caused acculturation and diseases to the indians. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/09rf00088.jpgQuilombo Brazil_09rf00088.jpgAfro-Brazilian women make tapiti at Sao Raimundo Quilombo in Alcantara, Maranhao State, Northeastern Brazil. Tapiti is a a long, tube-shaped basket of woven plant fibers, usually the guarima, which narrow when pulled, used to remove the excess of water out of the manioc mass for making flour. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/_MG_3210.jpgBrazilian women beach bikiniBrazilian women, sunny Sunday at Ponta Negra beach in Natal city beach, Northeastern Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/15https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Female-freedom-body-autonomy-Brazil.jpgFemale-freedom-body-autonomy-BrazilA young woman checks her phone in a Rio de Janeiro metro station, dressed casually with half of her shorts zipper open, beside commuters in office attire, reflecting the contrast of routines and styles in Brazilian's seaside metropolis. The scene evokes Rio's relaxed urban culture and the visible freedom many Brazilian women, especially younger women, express through dress and behavior in public space, even as daily life continues to be marked by concerns over misogyny, harassment and femicide. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/16https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/CADE3207.jpgKiss black couple carnivalWaiting for Samba School Parade at a nearby bar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/17https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Change-Brazil_1184_20130620-Edit.jpgBrazil protest vandalism_13rf00034.jpgBrazil protest, Rio de Janeiro downtown, June 20, 2013. Revolt, street vandalized by protesters. The 2013 protests in Brazil ( also known as the V for Vinegar Movement, Salad Revolt, Vinegar Revolt and Brazilian Spring ) are public demonstrations in several Brazilian cities, initiated mainly by the Movimento Passe Livre ( Free Fare Movement ), a local entity that advocates for free public transportation. The demonstrations were initially organized to protest increases in bus, train, and metro ticket prices in some Brazilian cities, but came to include other subjects such as corruption, bad social services, mainly health and education as well as police brutality used against some demonstrators. Social media has played an important role in the organization of public outcries and in keeping protesters in touch with one another. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/18https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Army-Rio-de-Janeiro-favela_psdr0613.jpgArmy Rio de Janeiro favelaArmy occupation at one of the entrances of Morro do Borel, a deprived slum area in Rio de Janeiro north zone, part of the Government policy of public security in responde to the high levels of urban violence. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/19https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Police-violence-Rio-de-Janeiro_13rf00072.jpgPolice violence Rio de JaneiroHomeless man who worked as car washer is murdered by policeman in Leblon, upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighborhood, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/20https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/police-violence-Rio-de-Janeiro-favela_civi0313.jpgpolice-violence-Rio-de-Janeiro-favela_civi0313A man’s feet are seen inside a coffin during a wake in a favela community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, amid recurring concerns over police violence and lethal raids in low-income neighborhoods. The death comes as public debate intensifies over hardline public security policies, with some right-wing politicians backing tougher, repression-focused policing approaches. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/21https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/coffee-harvesting-worker-Brazil_agca0105.jpgcoffee-harvesting-worker-Brazil_agca0105Coffee harvest in Brazil, with ripe red coffee cherries scattered on the ground beside a rural farm worker’s bare foot. Coffee has long been central to Brazil’s economy—built historically on enslaved labor—and today increasing mechanization of harvesting is reshaping the sector, contributing to job losses and rural unemployment. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/22https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/drug-dealers_psdr1006.jpgDrug dealers prisonYoung drug dealers arrested by the police, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/23https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Favela-Mangueira-Carnival_CABA0214.jpgFavela-Mangueira-Carnival_CABA0214Preparation for Rio de Janeiro samba schools parade. Family at home in the Favela da Mangueira. The whole house filled with carnival adornments. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/24https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Marielle-demonstration_18rf00002.jpgMarielle demonstrationDemonstration for Marielle Franco, Brazilian feminist, politician and human rights activist, murdered on 14 March 2018 in Rio de Janeiro - she had been an outspoken critic of police brutality and extrajudicial killings. Protestors get emotional, "Marielle vive" means Marielle is alive, downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/25https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/09rf00081.jpgCatholic celebration Quilombo BrazilMen carry a heavy tree trunk cut from the forest during the celebration of Saint Teresa of Avila in the quilombola community of Itamatatiua, rural Alcantara, Maranhao, Brazil. The trunk will be erected as a flagpole for the saint’s image in front of the Catholic church, reflecting the blend of Afro-Brazilian community identity, religious devotion and collective labor in a historic quilombo territory. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/26https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cade2611.jpgBody painting Rio carnival cade2611.jpgFace adornments and body painting, Samba Schools Parade, Rio de Janeiro carnival in Brazil - wig made of small pieces of mirror simulating diamonds. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/brazil-people/27https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Banda-de-Ipanema_caru1209.jpgBanda-de-Ipanema_caru1209A costumed reveler in a bright wig and makeup performs during Banda de Ipanema, a famous Carnival bloco (street band parade) in the Ipanema neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Banda de Ipanema is an annual open-air street party where musicians and crowds - specially the queer community - parade through the streets celebrating Carnival. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/1 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/street-child-smoking-Brazil.jpgStreet children Brazil youth smokingA black street boy smokes a cigarette in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, illustrating the vulnerability of children living on the streets and the urgent need for public policies on child protection, education, and social assistance as the city continues to struggle with homeless youth. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/ChildneglectBrazilp0119229.jpgStreet carnival Rio vulnerable street childrenNight street carnival in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where street children mix with adult revelers and transgender performers, highlighting early exposure of minors to risky environments and potential exploitation. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Teenager-mother-sexual-tourism-Brazil.jpgTeenager-mother-sexual-tourism-BrazilA smiling young Black woman breastfeeds her baby outside a bar on Ponta Negra beach in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, while foreign tourists watch her, contrasting everyday motherhood with a waterfront known for poverty-driven sex tourism and social inequality in Northeast Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/child-prostiturion-Brazil.jpgSex tourism Brazil child prostitutionA 15-year-old girl stands at a roadside near Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil’s Northeast, where poverty and tourism intersect to fuel the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents. While Brazilian authorities and NGOs have taken measures to combat this crime, the problem persists due to factors like extreme poverty, lack of enforcement, and the appeal of Brazil as a sex tourism destination. Travel agencies and taxi drivers have sometimes been accused of facilitating illegal activities by connecting tourists with local contacts for illicit services. Some bars, clubs, and even hotels have been associated with facilitating or tolerating child exploitation. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Street-children-violence-pscr0415.jpgViolence against street childrenStreet girl with injured face in a political demonstration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0549214.jpgViolence against street children BrazilA homeless teenage girl with deep facial scars from street violence attends a sewing class in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, part of an income-generation program created to help street children rebuild their lives. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Child-poverty-public-health-rural-Brazil.jpgChild-poverty-public-health-rural-BrazilA young woman carries her one-year-old baby, whose face is covered in severe skin ulcers, along a dirt road crossing sugarcane fields on the way to a distant hospital in rural Brazil, highlighting poverty and limited access to healthcare in agribusiness areas. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/cisa1215.jpgInfant malnutrition BrazilFight against infant malnutrition - NGO "Pastoral da Crianca" (Child Pastoral) agents monitor children´s weight with a scale in the rural area of region affected by drought with several cases of undernourishment. Brejinho municipality, Pernambuco State, northeastern Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Child-labor-street-seller-pscr0112bw.jpgRoadside child labor Brazil food vendingA father and son sell food to passing drivers beside a highway in rural Rio Grande do Norte, Northeast Brazil, including peanuts and wild game (armadillo), highlighting poverty-driven informal work and the pressure it can place on wildlife. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/ChildlaborsugarcaneBrazilPSTE0501.jpgChild labor sugarcane cutter BrazilA boy stands among adult sugarcane cutters as a meal is served in dirty containers during rain in Bahia, Brazil, exposing degrading work conditions, lack of basic hygiene, and the presence of child labor in the ethanol supply chain. Partner: Salvador city Archidiocese. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0739827.jpgChild malnutrition Brazil scarce food droughtChildren wait for a simple meal in a poor rural home in Soledade, Paraíba, Northeast Brazil, a region hit by severe drought—showing food insecurity and chronic child malnutrition linked to poverty and water scarcity. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Poor-girl-Transamazonica-Highway-Amazon.jpgPoor-girl-Transamazonica-Highway-AmazonBeing a poor child living along the Transamazonica Highway (BR-230) in northern Brazil is a life of extreme hardship, marked by poverty, isolation, and danger. Sexual exploitation and trafficking are also major risks, as roadside bars, truck stops, and mining areas create an environment where predators take advantage of vulnerable children and teenagers. The Transamazonica crosses regions controlled by illegal loggers, land grabbers, and criminal groups in Amazon rainforest. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/child-poverty-Brazil.jpgchild-poverty-Brazil-broken-toyPoor black boy plays with his broken toy - a wheelsless plastic car - besides rural road that crosses his Quilombo village in Maranhao State, Northeastern Brazil. A quilombo is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by people of African origin. Most of the inhabitants of quilombos were escaped former slaves and, in some cases, a minority of marginalised non-slave Brazilians that faced oppression during colonization. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/15https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Black-child-Brazil-favela-soccer-esfu0105.jpgFavela childhood Brazil soccer joyA smiling Black boy balances a soccer ball on his head in Morro da Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, capturing everyday childhood and joy inside the favela. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/16https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0689812.jpgChild labor BrazilCatholicism in Brazil. Boy works collecting wax of the melt candles for re-selling to candle factory in front of the cemetery during celebration of Day of the Dead in Juazeiro do Norte city, Ceara State, Northeastern Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/17https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Child-labor-sugarcane-cutter-OIT053.jpgChild labor indigenous peopleChild labor in Brazil - indigenous boy works as sugarcane cutter. Mato Grosso do Sul State, mid-west Brazil. Partner: Brazilian Labor Ministry. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/18https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Child-labor-dump-pscr0104.jpgChild labor dump BrazilChild labor in Brazil - pickers sort through garbage finding recyclables as a means of survival at Metropolitan Landfill of Jardim Gramacho in Duque de Caxias city, one of the largest landfills in the world. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/19https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/c0990205.jpgChild labor BrazilChild labor in Amazon rainforest. Special Group for the Repression of Forced Labour obliges landowner who submits workers to bondage to pay their rights cash. Boy receives payment respecting entirely the legislation in Brazil, with the support of the Federal Police. Partner: Brazilian Labor Ministry. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/20https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Boy-Kite-Rio-de-Janeiro-favela.jpgFavela childhood Brazil rooftop kite flyingA smiling Black boy flies a kite from a rooftop in Morro da Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, highlighting everyday childhood in the favela alongside the constant risk of falls and serious accidents on unsafe rooftops. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/21https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Child-labor-Brazil-crab-harvesting-mangroves.jpgChild-labor-Brazil-crab-harvesting-mangrovesYoung crab hunters play in the mud while working in the mangroves of Maragogipe, on the edge of the Baia de Todos os Santos (Bay of All Saints in Bahia) in Bahia, Brazil, where their daily catch is crucial to supporting their households. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/22https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0240104.jpgPoor children soccer BrazilChildren play soccer in a drenching field beside the mangrove during a break in the crab hunting job. Maragogipe, Bahia State, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/23https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Rio-de-Janeiro-favela-dwelling-14rf00020.jpgRio de Janeiro favela dwellingBoy at the window - high density housing at Dona Marta favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Community of poorly built housing and inadequate infrastructure. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/24https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/StreetchildarrestPSCR0306.jpgStreet child police arrestStreet girl arrested by policeman in downtown Rio de Janeiro. Partner: Associação Beneficente Sao Martinho. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/child-poverty-brazil/25https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Street-children-Brazil.jpgStreet children BrazilRio de Janeiro street children: at left, boy reluctant to bathe, one of the institutions´s hygiene rules. Partner: Associação Beneficente Sao Martinho. At right, policeman arrests street boy after attempted robbery. https://photobrazil.com/Brazil-photographer/1 https://photobrazil.com/Brazil-photographer/2 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/1 https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/23rf00032.jpgArpoador Rio beach cultureBeach culture at Arpoador beach, outdoor personal dance class and Keepie uppie, young women rehearse dance steps while boys play keep-ups or kick-ups, the skill of juggling with a football using feet, lower legs, knees, chest, shoulders and head, without allowing the ball to hit the ground. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Rio-beach-woman_DSF0301.jpgRio-beach-woman_DSF0301At Arpoador, she cradles a coconut in both hands while the citys shoreline seems to answer in quiet curves of stone. Beyond her, Dois Irmaos rises in softened silhouettes, echoing the same slow geometry that Rio carries from skin to sea. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Rio-soccer-beach-woman-13rf00046.jpgRio-soccer-beach-woman-13rf00046On Botafogo Bay, a soccer ball hangs in the air as she turns beneath it, and the city holds its breath between sand and asphalt. In the distance, Sugarloaf rises from the water with the same rounded certainty, a familiar Rio line drawn against a sky that keeps changing. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/esfr0106.jpgFrescobol Ipanema beachYoung woman plays frescobol at Ipanema beach - it is a native Brazilian sport similar to tennis and cricket, played with a wooden racket and soft rubber ball on the beach with no scoring system. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/25rf00009.jpgArpoador outdoor fitness classPeople take part in a free outdoor fitness class on the Arpoador waterfront in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the morning. Participants exercise in rows with arms outstretched as palm trees sway under a dramatic sky. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Rio-body-culture_DSF0679-3.jpgRio-body-culture_DSF0679-3Young people work out at the outdoor beach gym at Arpoador in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, lifting improvised stone weights. The scene reflects the carioca body culture, with beachgoers and frescobol players in the background. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/_DSF2986.jpgArpoador young people pet dogYoung people gather in a relaxed beach scene at Arpoador in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a man carries a dog on his shoulders in a playful moment. The black-and-white image shows beachgoers socializing beneath palm trees on a warm day. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/_DSF7428.jpgArpoador young athletic manA tattooed young man stands shirtless at Arpoador Beach, looking out toward Ipanema and the Morro Dois Irmãos (Two Brothers Mountain) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The ocean and coastal mountains frame the skyline on a clear day. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/_DSF4986.jpgJogging Copacabana black manA young Black man runs shirtless along the Copacabana Beach promenade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a sunny day. Palm trees and high-rise buildings line the coastal avenue in the background. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Street-carnival_p0119203.jpgRelaxed Rio lifestyle A shirtless man drinks beer amid a nighttime street carnival crowd in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The black-and-white scene captures the relaxed Rio lifestyle and spontaneous partying during public festivities. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/_DSF2246.jpginflatable doll erect penis Rio carnivalYoung revelers joke with each other during the Simpatia é Quase Amor Carnival bloco parade along Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A man carries an inflatable doll showing its erect penis as part of his costume, drawing laughs and reactions from nearby partygoers. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/_DSF0070.jpgIpanema beach hug cheer socializeYoung people hug, cheer and socialize in a lively beach gathering at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The black-and-white scene captures a carefree Rio lifestyle moment in a public space by the shore. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/24rf00004.jpgInterracial couple Rio carnivalBlack man dressed up as a police officer flirts with blonde woman trying to convince her to put a handcuff already locked to his wrist, at "Simpatia e quase amor" (Sympathy is almost like love), a Rio de Janeiro carnival block founded in 1984 in Ipanema, on the celebration of its 40th anniversary. Carnival blocks are street bands that mobilize crowds on the streets and are one of the main popular expression of Brazilian Carnival. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/15https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/GECR0712.jpgSomersaults playful Rio beach lifestyleChildren do flips and somersaults on the sand at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as the late-afternoon sun backlights the scene near a beach volleyball net. Silhouettes of beachgoers and umbrellas line the shoreline, capturing a playful Rio beach lifestyle moment. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/16https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/_MG_1733-Editar.jpgPETA vegan campaign CopacabanaPETA activists with body paint and minimal clothing hold “Save the planet: go vegan” signs during a street demonstration in Copacabana beach promenade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Passersby stop to watch, flirt and interact with them during the campaign promoting vegan lifestyle and animal rights. https://photobrazil.com/photo-essays/Rio-beach-culture/17https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/_DSF7928.jpgSelfie culture social-media lifestyleYoung woman poses in bikinis while a friend photographs her with a smartphone on the rocks at Arpoador Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The black-and-white scene highlights beach selfie culture and social-media lifestyle on a sunny day. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/1 https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Sertao-backlands-rancher-p0149827.jpgSertao-backlands-rancher-p0149827A sertanejo (backlands rancher) is pictured in the Paraíba sertão, Brazil, with cattle in the background in the rural Northeast back country. The portrait reflects traditional livestock herding and everyday life in Brazil’s semi-arid interior. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Sertao-backlands-cowherd-portrait-13rf00122.jpgSertao-backlands-cowherd-portrait-13rf00122A portrait of a sertanejo (backlands resident) wearing a traditional vaqueiro (cowherd) leather hat in the rural area of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil. The image highlights identity and resilience in the semi-arid Northeast, where cattle culture and backlands traditions remain part of everyday life. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Drought-semiarid-Brazil-p0769814-2.jpgDrought-semiarid-Brazil-p0769814-2A couple carries water home in buckets balanced on their heads in rural Soledade, Paraiba, Brazil, during an extreme drought in the semi-arid sertao, followed by their donkey. In the Northeast backlands, the jegue (donkey) remains a powerful cultural symbol and a practical working animal, long used for transport and hauling in remote rural communities. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Cactus-sertao-drought-p0089813.jpgCactus-sertao-drought-p0089813A woman walks across the semi-arid backlands of Barra de Santa Rosa, Paraiba, Brazil, carrying a bucket to fetch water far from home, with a large cactus in the foreground. In many sertao communities, women shoulder much of the daily work of securing water and maintaining households as men migrate to other regions in search of jobs. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Roadside-memorial-cross-Sertao-p0079817-3.jpgRoadside-memorial-cross-Sertao-p0079817-3A family walks along a highway in the semi-arid backlands of Paraiba, Brazil, passing a roadside cross silhouetted against a dark, clouded sky. Roadside crosses are commonly used in the region as memorial markers for people killed in traffic accidents near the site of the crash. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0609842.jpgPadre Cicero pilgrimagePilgrims fill a packed square for an outdoor Catholic mass in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceara state, Brazil, reflecting the enduring faith that draws thousands to the city each year. Juazeiro do Norte is closely linked to Padre Cicero Romao Batista, a priest revered by many devotees in Brazil's Northeast as a powerful intercessor and symbol of popular Catholic devotion, inspiring large romarias and religious tourism. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0099812.jpgSertao drought buckets water p0099812.jpgJoao Medeiros Aragao, 58 (seems 70), epileptic and malnourished, arrives home carrying two full buckets of water suspended from a wooden yoke across his shoulders in Barra de Santa Rosa, Paraiba, Brazil. The improvised burden resembles a cross, underscoring the daily struggle for water in the drought-prone semi-arid sertao. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Sertao-drought-desalinator-P0839812.jpgSertao-drought-desalinator-P0839812A young woman waits under a city clerk 's supervision to collect her family ration of two buckets of desalinated water every other day in drought-hit Soledade, Paraiba state, Brazil. The scene captures the harsh arithmetic of survival in the semi-arid sertao, where chronic water scarcity forces residents to queue for tightly controlled public distribution during prolonged dry periods. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Catholic-home-rural-Brazil.jpgCatholic-home-rural-Brazil.jpgA goat stands inside a Catholic rural home in Pernambuco state, northeastern Brazil, as a resident sleeps on the floor to escape the heat. In many poor households in the sertao, goats are kept close as valuable livestock and are sometimes treated like pets, sharing the domestic space alongside simple religious symbols on the wall. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Pilgrim-vow-Padre-Cicero-p0569806.jpgPilgrim-vow-Padre-Cicero-p0569806A female pilgrim devoted to Padre Cicero climbs the steps on her knees in fulfillment of a vow on the way to his statue in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil. Padre Cicero Romao Batista was a Catholic priest and influential religious and political figure in Brazil ´s Northeast, revered by many as a popular saint and central to the regional long tradition of pilgrimage and folk Catholic devotion. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/C0280425.jpgNight class rural workerA rural worker with visual impairment attends a night computer class in an "Alfabetizacao Digital" project in the sertao of Ceara state, Brazil, struggling to read the screen after a full day of farm labor. The initiative reflects the importance of digital literacy for low-income rural workers in Brazil's backlands, where limited schooling, long workdays and poor access to technology often deepen social exclusion. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Line-water-collection-drorught-p0529929.jpgLine-water-collection-drorught-p0529929Buckets and containers are lined up overnight by residents in Soledade, Paraiba, Brazil, marking places in line for water collection from a public cistern the next morning during a severe drought in the semi-arid sertao. The improvised queue reflects chronic water scarcity and the daily logistics families face to secure basic household water supplies. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/14https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Drought-dry-creek-bed-p0139821.jpgDrought-dry-creek-bed-p0139821Silhouettes of people carrying buckets on their heads walk across a dry creek bed in Barra de Santa Rosa, Paraiba, Brazil, during a severe drought in the semi-arid sertao. Families head to the streambed in the morning hoping to collect muddy water from small hand-dug pits beside the river channel. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/15https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0509939.jpgDoctor at home countryside BrazilA doctor from a Family Doctor project provides a home visit to an elderly woman in the rural backlands of Pernambuco, Brazil, with devotional portraits of Frei Damiao and Padre Cicero on the wall behind them. The Family Doctor / Family Health model brings primary care closer to isolated sertao communities through local health teams and regular home visits, improving access to basic treatment, prevention, and follow-up for older and vulnerable rural residents. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/16https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Frei-Damiao-sertao-faith-p0489919a.jpgFrei-Damiao-sertao-faith-p0489919aAn elderly couple embraces inside their rural home in Pernambuco, Brazil, with Catholic religious images on the wall, including depictions of Mary and Jesus and a large portrait of Frei Damiao. Faith remains a central part of sertanejo life in Brazil´s Northeast, and Frei Damiao, an Italian-born Capuchin friar who became a widely revered popular missionary in the region and left a lasting legacy through decades of religious missions and preaching. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/17https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/rural-girl-portrait_p0039830.jpgrural-girl-portrait-sertaoPortrait of girl from Brazilian Sertao, area hitted by severe drought in Paraiba State. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/18https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Resilience-portrait-p0519921-2.jpgResilience-portrait-p0519921-2An elderly woman sits beside her wood-burning stove inside a very poor home in the sertao of Pernambuco, Brazil, as light filters through holes in the roof. In this semi-arid backlands region, scarce rainfall and chronic poverty shape daily life, with many families relying on simple kitchens and traditional wood-fired cooking. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/19https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/rlca0517.jpgPilgrimage Juazeiro do Norte rlca0517.jpgPilgrims crowd around a bus at the foot of the Padre Cicero statue in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil, competing for seats after a religious gathering. Juazeiro do Norte is one of Brazil's leading centers of religious tourism, drawing large numbers of devotees year-round for romarias, masses, vows and visits linked to Padre Cicero, whose enduring popular devotion sustains a vast local economy of transport, lodging, street commerce and pilgrimage services. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/20https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Pilgrimage-Padre-Cicero-p0899802.jpgPilgrimage-Padre-Cicero-p0899802A young couple of Padre Cicero pilgrims embraces in farewell after All Soul ' s Day celebrations in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil, beside a cargo truck adapted to transport pilgrims back home. The city is one of Brazil ´s major religious tourism hubs, drawing large annual crowds for romarias and Catholic folk devotion centered on Padre Cicero and local shrines. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/21https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Sertao-drought_Exodus-from-the-Drylands-p0529829.jpgSertao-drought_Exodus-from-the-Drylands-p0529829A drought-stricken family from Brazil ' s sertao rests with their belongings along a dusty highway in Bahia state as they try to hitchhike toward Sao Paulo in search of work and survival, while a moving truck speeds past in the background, an ironic backdrop to their forced migration with almost nothing. For decades, recurring drought, rural poverty and scarce jobs have driven Northeast-to-Southeast migration, feeding rapid urban growth and the expansion of favelas and peripheral neighborhoods, where many newcomers confront unemployment, informal work and precarious housing, carrying the struggle of the backlands into Brazil s largest cities. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/22https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/rlca0520.jpgCatholicism Brazil pilgrimsPilgrims in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceara, Brazil, pass a Catholic religious image hand to hand beside a cargo truck improvised as a bus and packed with devotees of Padre Cicero. The scene reflects the scale of popular faith in one of Brazil's main pilgrimage centers, where precarious transport has long been part of the journeys made by romeiros traveling to and from religious celebrations. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/23https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/drought-semiarid-Brazil-p0159828.jpgdrought-semiarid-Brazil-p0159828A rural family carries water home in buckets during an extreme drought in the semi-arid backlands of Barra de Santa Rosa, Paraíba, Brazil. The scene highlights water scarcity in the sertão, where long dry spells force families to walk long distances to secure water for daily use. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Sertao-semiarid-Brazil/24https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/P0419823.jpgEmergency aid drought sertao P0419823.jpgFamilies in the drought-affected sertao of Pernambuco, Brazil, carry food baskets distributed through Pastoral da Crianca, a Catholic Church-backed community program focused on children, mothers and poor households. The relief effort reflects the Church's longstanding role in emergency aid in rural northeastern Brazil, where drought, hunger and poverty have made staple-goods distribution an essential form of support for vulnerable families. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/1 https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/2https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Quilombo-religion-Brazil-09rf00081.jpgQuilombo-religion-Brazil-09rf00081Men carry a heavy tree trunk cut from the forest during the celebration of Saint Teresa of Avila in the quilombola community of Itamatatiua, rural Alcantara, Maranhao, Brazil. The trunk will be erected as a flagpole for the saint ´s image in front of the Catholic church, reflecting the blend of Afro-Brazilian community identity, religious devotion and collective labor in a historic quilombo territory. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/3https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Quilombo-black-man-portrait_Maranhao_02075.jpgQuilombo-black-man-portrait_Maranhao_02075Portrait of an elderly Black man in Agrovila Maruda, a quilombo community in Alcantara, Maranhao, northeastern Brazil. Quilombos are communities founded by descendants of Africans who escaped slavery or by other Afro-Brazilian communities with shared historical ties to resistance and land occupation, and today quilombola communities across Brazil continue to fight for legal recognition and protection of their ancestral territories against dispossession, land conflict and delayed titling. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/4https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Quilombo-Brazil-geid0116.jpgQuilombo-Brazil-geid0116Francisco Arcanjo de Souza, a community leader from Quilombo Rio das Ras in Bahia, became a symbol of Brazil ´s quilombola land struggle after refusing to leave his family ´s traditional territory amid pressure from powerful landowners. His case helped spotlight quilombolas - descendants of runaway enslaved Africans - seeking legal recognition and protection of ancestral lands under Brazil ´s post-1988 constitutional guarantees. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/5https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/p0959240-2.jpgQuilombo black man portrait p0959240-2An elderly Black man from Quilombo Rio das Ras, Bahia, Brazil, is pictured wearing a hat wrapped in barbed wire removed from a fence erected by a farmer amid an ongoing legal dispute over quilombola land. The portrait highlights the broader struggle of quilombola communities, descendants of runaway enslaved Africans, for recognition and protection of ancestral territories in Brazil. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/6https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Quilombo-Brazil-dwelling_ciha0414.jpgQuilombo-Brazil-dwelling_ciha0414A Black man stands inside his pau a pique mud and wattle home in Quilombo Rio das Ras, Bahia State, Brazil. The dim interior and simple household items frame daily life in a rural quilombola community. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/7https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Quilombo-Maranhao_03938.jpgQuilombo-Maranhao_03938A mother sits with her children inside a mud and wattle house in Quilombo Sao Raimundo, Alcantara, Maranhao, Brazil. The interior view shows sparse belongings and harsh living conditions, highlighting rural poverty in a traditional quilombola community. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/8https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Quilombo-Brazil-black-children_09rf00085-2.jpgQuilombo-Brazil-black-children_09rf00085-2Children swim and jump into a river at Quilombo Sao Raimundo in Alcantara, Maranhao State, northeast Brazil. Quilombos were founded by Africans and their descendants in resistance to slavery, and the freedom of play today contrasts with the poverty and limited public services still common in many quilombola communities. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/9https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Quilombo-Brazil-acai-harvesting_09rf00097-2.jpgQuilombo-Brazil-acai-harvesting_09rf00097-2A teenager climbs an acai palm to harvest fruit in the forests near the Sao Raimundo Quilombo community in Alcantara, Maranhao State, northeast Brazil. Acai is a non timber forest product that can be harvested without clearing trees, supporting sustainable rural livelihoods and standing forest economies. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/10https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Women-babacu-nuts_09rf00089.jpgWomen-babacu-nuts_09rf00089Black women crack babacu nuts to produce oil in Agrovila Maruda, a quilombo community in Alcantara, Maranhao State, northeast Brazil. Babacu extraction is a traditional livelihood that supports rural family income and local production. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/11https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Quilombo-Brazil-daily-life.jpgQuilombo-Brazil-daily-lifeYoung people and children walk cheerfully through the forest of Quilombo Sao Raimundo in Alcantara, Maranhao State, northeast Brazil, on a hot summer day on their way to the river. An adult carries a puppy and eats a mango along the trail. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/12https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Umbanda-Quilombo-Brazil-rlum0112.jpgUmbanda-Quilombo-Brazil-rlum0112People take part in an Umbanda ceremony inside a home in Quilombo Rio das Ras, Bahia, Brazil, with Catholic symbols including an image of Jesus Christ, a cross, and Saint George displayed on the wall. Umbanda is an Afro Brazilian religion that blends African spiritual traditions with elements of Catholicism and Spiritism, and its ceremonies often include prayer, chants, and ritual offerings. https://photobrazil.com/stories/Quilombos-in-Brazil/13https://photobrazil.com/pf-media/Santa-Teresa-d-Avila-Quilombo-Brazil_09rf00078-2.jpgSanta-Teresa-d-Avila-Quilombo-Brazil_09rf00078-2Women and children take part in the Santa Teresa d Avila celebration in the quilombo community of Itamatatiua, Alcantara, Maranhao, Brazil, during a Catholic feast marked by novenas, prayers and processions. Held each October, the festival is a central community event in Itamatatiua, certified as a quilombola community by the Palmares Cultural Foundation, and rooted in descendants of enslaved people who remained on Carmelite lands known as Terra de Santa Tereza, with local traditions such as tambor de crioula and forro de caixa.