Yanomami Series

COUNTRY: BRAZIL and VENEZUELA
CITY: amazon
YEAR: 1995 - 1997

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

Girl from Mokarita-teri - 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

Preparing for an afternoon ritual dance – 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

Afternoon gathering – 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

Yarima breast feeding among her people – 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

During a ceremony – 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

Yanomami at Mokarita-teri’s Garden – 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

César Dimanawa and his wives – 1996
Amazon - Venezuela

Youth at Ãrimawu-teri – 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

The hunt – 1995
Amazon - Brazil

After the hunt – 1995
Amazon - Brazil

Yanomami girl playing in a hammock – 1995
Amazon - Brazil

Three young woman – 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

Man with painted body and face - 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

Woman in full regalia - 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

Yarima - 1996
Amazon – Venezuela

Boy with bow and arrow – 1995
Amazon - Brazil

César Dimanawa - 1996
Amazon - Venezuela

Man with painted face and buzzard feather - 1997
Amazon - Venezuela

Portrait of a man after inhaling Epene, I - 1996
Amazon - Venezuela

Yarima and son - 1996
Amazon - Venezuela

Girl from Shashanawa-teri - 1996
Amazon - Venezuela