Everyday life
The essence of riverside life is captured as a woman takes her dishes to be washed on the riverbank. Far from modern technology, life follows in its simplest form, representing the forest people’s way of life.
Year
2013
Location
Iriri River, Pará
Category
Documentary Photography
Award
✪ Third prize
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Álvaro de Souza was born in Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil, and has built a career marked by art, theater, and a connection with the Amazon. He holds a degree in Tourism and Visual Arts with a specialization in theater. He has worked as an actor, producer, costume designer, and set designer in Brazil and abroad, including in Canada, Germany, the USA, and Portugal. After years of traveling and artistic experiences, he returned to the Amazon, where he now directs and teaches theater at the Projeto Tecendo Histórias, helping young people in vulnerable situations. Additionally, he collaborates on research about the ichthyofauna in the Xingu River and maintains his artistic perspective through photography and visual arts, documenting the life and challenges of the Amazon, his homeland.
