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
Helena Valero - 1996
Amazon - Venezuela
Young girl with onchocirciassis - 1996
Amazon - Venezuela
Yanomami woman undergoing malaria treatment - 1996
Amazon - Brazil
Yanomami mother and baby - 1996
Amazon - Brazil
Piloto in his hammock - 1997
Amazon - Venezuela
Pashohapemi in her traditional hammock - 1997
Amazon - Venezuela
Little Renata - 1996
Boa Vista, Roraima - Brazil
Woman with ashes and tears smeared on her face,a Yanomami mourning custom - 1996
Amazon - Brazil
Helena Valero at home - 1996
Amazon - Venezuela
After the 1980’s gold rush – 1996
Amazon - Brazil
Woman with influenza and asthma – 1996
Amazon - Venezuela
Shapono’s interior after 1980’s gold rush – 1996
Amazon – Brazil