Brasil is epic in its size, beauty and diversity. It amazes me that after the fall of colonialism that it remained one country due to its impressive variety, ranging histories and peoples. Perhaps what binds this gargantuan land mass is a sense of nationalistic pride that manages to shadow Brasil’s problems, such as wealth inequality, police brutality and corruption. Regardless, it is a breath-taking, beautiful, vibrant country, where music, passion, love and a zest for enjoying life is infectious. The first gallery of pictures centres around the themes of the sun, form, street art and industry.
The Sun
I am rarely awake early enough to bask in sunrise, but I managed to enjoy a few whilst sailing down the Amazon River. In the evenings, it felt like such an honour to see the sun set over the water, bringing with it contemplation over whose lives it is beginning to illuminate. I can understand how pre-scientific beliefs in the sun being a god came into being, due to its awesomeness and role in the creation and sustenance of life.
Atins
Cabure
A policeman on duty on a pier in Santarem, in the Amazon
Sunrise on the Amazon River, somwhere between Tabatinga and Manaus
An impressive display of colours along the Amazon River
Amazonian sunsets
Form
Everywhere you turn in Brasil, the eye and imagination can feast on a panoply of lines and impressive forms, whether the Art Nouveau architecture in Ouro Preto, or the jutting buildings which form the concrete jungle which is Manaus.
Edifício Niemeyer, Belo Horizonte
A bridge in Manaus
Urban Jungle, Manuas
Manaus
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Church windows, Paulino Neves
Lencois Maranhenses National Park, northern Brasil
Urban Jungle, Manuas
Manaus, in the centre of the Amazon
Santarem, along the Amazon River
The soft wind scuttles sand across the dunes
Museu de Arte do Rio
Art Nouveau, Ouro Preto
ArtRio, 2013
ArtRio, 2013
Street Art
The walls of Brasil provide a thousand blank canvases, which the country’s artists are only to willing to fill with their imagination.
Favela street art, Complexo do Alemao, Rio
Graffitti, Belem
Cathedral scratchings, Ouro Preto
Street Art, Manaus
Graffitti, Belo Horizonte
Amazonian graff
Amazonian Graff
Downtown Manaus
Street Art, Belo Horizonte
Street stencils, Manaus
Barreirinhas’ Brigadiere
Graffitti, Manaus
Street Art, Trindade
At the foot of Christ the Redeemer: Rio de Janeiro
Graffitti, Belo Horizonte
Stencils, Ouro Preto
Graffitti, Belem
Downtown Rio de Janeiro
Street art, Santa Teresa in Rio
Vanishing Chirst, Santa Teresa
Mais Amor Por Favor, Santa Teresa
Favela street art, Complexo do Alemao, Rio
Visualise, Rio de Janerio
Favela street art, Complexo do Alemao, Rio
Industry
People generally work hard in Brasil, but they compensate that with a healthy dose of family, dancing, drinking and kicking back too.
Hundreds of passenger boats traverse the Amazon River every day, creating loads of jobs
Fish at a market in Manaus
Kaka is a tour guide and all round amazing man
Full Frontal Frutiness
TThe toruism industry is pretty huge, and this is the worst hostel I’ve ever stayed in, Belem
The casava root makes a multitude of food products, including tapioca flour
A maid escorts the family on a boat trip in Barreirinhas
Fishermen in Atins, a village with no roads and 2,000 inhabitants
A man selling hats whilst enjoying the samba
Bacalhau at a market in Manaus
Manaus Fish Market
In this clothing shop in Santarem I saw some ghastly designs
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