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I'm not a religious person. The language of photography is symbolic.

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So many times I've photographed stories that show the degradation of the planet. I had one idea to go and photograph the factories that were polluting, and to see all the deposits of garbage. But, in the end, I thought the only way to give us an incentive, to bring hope, is to show the pictures of the pristine planet - to see the innocence.

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The most important thing for me is to have my cereal. I have milk and granola and cheese. And that's it. I have a lot of cereals that I eat all day long, and I have a big appetite. All over the planet I carry my cereals!

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I have two children. I have a Down syndrome child whom I love very much, and my wife that I love.

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Of course I will continue photography. I love photography. But when you become old, it's too much.

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For me, art is such a wide concept - anything can be art.

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There are moments that you suffer a lot, moments you won't photograph. There are some people you like better than others. But you give, you receive, you cherish, you are there. When you are really there, you know when you see the picture later what you are seeing.

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I work on stories rather than individual pictures.

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When I was starting out, when I put aside my career as an economist. I looked at every book, went to every show, did my first stories, developed my first films. A fabulous time.

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We are animals, born from the land with the other species. Since we've been living in cities, we've become more and more stupid, not smarter. What made us survive all these hundreds of thousands of years is our spirituality; the link to our land.

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Biography

Nationality: Brazilian

Type: Photographer

Born: February 8th, 1944

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