These photographs lie halfway between anthropology and art. “Halfway between” may be the safest place to be today, when conflicted feelings about interest in tribal people run so deep that even curiosity about their appearance can be read as exploitation…Though Cruz says he does not want to make the print speak more insistently than the subject, he will not neglect his craft, and these selenium toned black-and-white have a lovely color and quality.
Vicki Goldberg
Doshamosha-teri - Yanomamo Series - 1996
Siapas Sierras - Amazon - Venezuela
House # IV Matis Series - 1999 - 2000
Javari's Valley - Amazon - Brazil
Chabuno # V - Yanomami Series - 1996
Amazon - Brazil
House # VI - Ingarikó Series - 1996
Raposa Serra do Sol - Roraima - Brazil
Chabuno # III - Yanomamo Series - 1997
Amazon - Venezuela
House # XI - Kaxinawa Series- 1999
Amazon - Acre - Brazil
House # IX - Ingarikó Series - 1996
Raposa Serra do Sol - Roraima - Brazil
Chabano Detail # XIII - Yanomamo Series - 1996
Amazon - Venezuela
House # X - Ingarikó Series - 1996
Raposa Serra do Sol - Roraima - Brazil
House Detail # XI- Ingarikó Series - 1996
Raposa Serra do Sol - Roraima - Brazil
House Detail # XIII - Kaxinawa Series - 1997
Amazon - Acre - Brazil
Chabuno Detail - Yanomamo Series - 1997
Amazon - Venezuela