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