Fighting for their existence: Incredible photographs of Brazilian rainforest tribes as they struggle to preserve their way of life
- Incredible images have captured indigenous tribes of Brazil who act as guardians of the Amazon rainforest
- Photographer Ricardo Stuckert from Brasília, Brazil, took the spectacular images across different regions
- The very existence of many indigenous people is under threat, since their land is the basis of their survival
Incredible images have captured the indigenous tribes of Brazil who act as guardians of the quickly diminishing Amazon rainforest and fight off outsiders intent on destroying it.
One stunning photo showed an 89-year-old tribe chief hunting for fish with a bow and arrow in a shallow bay.
Another captured a beautiful indigenous woman swimming underwater in a crystal clear river in the Chapada Imperial ecological sanctuary.
A tribe leader hunts for fish with a bow and arrow. Incredible images have captured the indigenous tribes of Brazil who act as guardians of the quickly diminishing Amazon rainforest and fight off outsiders intent on destroying it
This incredible photo captures an indigenous girl emerging from a watering hole in the Chapada Imperial ecological sanctuary
Being at one with nature is incredibly important to the indigenous people of Brazil. Portrait of a Brazilian beauty, right, captured when photographer Ricardo Stuckert first visited the Yanomami village in the state of Amazonas in 1997
Photographer Ricardo Stuckert, 50, from Brasília, Brazil, took the spectacular images across different regions of his home country where the Brazilian Indians live including the states of Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, and Alagoas.
Here, the indigenous people develop sustainable management projects, reforest devastated areas and even fight off outsiders who cut down the forest for financial gain.
With 2020 witnessing some of the most devastating forest fires the Amazon has ever seen, the very existence of many of the indigenous people is under threat, since their land is the basis of their survival.
An indigenous woman swims in crystal clear waters. Photographer Ricardo Stuckert, 50, from Brasília, Brazil, took the spectacular images across different regions of his home country where the Brazilian Indians live including the states of Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, and Alagoas
A Brazilian Indian from the Kalapalo ethnic group in his traditional dress, left and right. The indigenous people develop sustainable management projects, reforest devastated areas and even fight off outsiders who cut down the forest for financial gain
Ricardo capturing the tribes people for his Brazilian Indians project. With 2020 witnessing some of the most devastating forest fires the Amazon has ever seen, the very existence of many of the indigenous people is under threat, since their land is the basis of their survival
An indigenous girl is captured on camera in Apiwtxa village in the state of Acre. Ricardo hopes that his work will draw attention to the ongoing difficulties the indigenous people face through no fault of their own
Ricardo hopes that his work will draw attention to the ongoing difficulties the indigenous people face through no fault of their own.
Ricardo first met the indigenous tribes people in 1997 whilst photographing in Yanomami village on the border between Brazil and Venezuela.
Ricardo’s latest images contribute to his ‘Brazilian Indians Project’ which aims to highlight the importance of protecting the indigenous people of Brazil as well as show that harmony can exist between nature and man.
Ricardo captured his images using a Canon EOS-1D X Mark ll camera, a drone and a GoPro.
‘I have always been fascinated by indigenous culture,’ Ricardo said.
Photographer Ricardo Stuckert shares a joke with this group of indigenous men. Ricardo first met the indigenous tribes people in 1997 whilst photographing in Yanomami village on the border between Brazil and Venezuela
This happy child leaps from a log. Ricardo captured his images using a Canon EOS-1D X Mark ll camera, a drone and a GoPro
A dad carries his two children, one on each shoulder. Ricardo’s latest images contribute to his ‘Brazilian Indians Project’ which aims to highlight the importance of protecting the indigenous people of Brazil as well as show that harmony can exist between nature and man
‘I think it is important to disseminate Brazilian culture and show the way that native peoples live today.
‘In 1997, I started to photograph the Amazon and had my first contact with the native people of Brazil.
‘Since then, I have tried to show the diversity and plurality of indigenous culture, as well as emphasise the importance of the Indians as guardians of the forest.
‘There are young people who are being born who have never seen or will see an Indian in their lives.
‘I think that photography has this power to transpose a culture like this to thousands of people.
‘The importance of documentary photojournalism is to undo stigmas and propagate a culture that is being lost.
‘We need to show the importance of indigenous people to the world, for the protection of our forests.
Thousands of stars can be seen in the clear night’s sky. ‘I think it is important to disseminate Brazilian culture and show the way that native peoples live today,’ Ricardo said
A Brazilian Indian pictured in a spectacular traditional head dress specific to his tribe. Ricardo’s Brazilian Indians project hopes to demonstrate the extraordinary multiculturalism that exists across Brazil – a country home to over 210 million people and almost one million of which belong to indigenous groups
A member of the indigenous Kalapalo people is picture covered in his traditional tribal markings
Ricardo is surrounded by children who are fascinated by his camera. ‘I always try to leave the Indians at ease. I am there to make a documentary record of people who continuously struggle to protect nature,’ he said
‘I always try to leave the Indians at ease. I am there to make a documentary record of people who continuously struggle to protect nature.
‘When you go to a forest or to a village, you are in another time. There is not the anxiety you feel when you are in a city.
‘We think we are the owners of the world, but the Indians have taught me the art of stopping, breathing, and talking which we no longer do today because everything is done electronically.
‘There, it is all about the importance of looking into the eyes, touching, and feeling one another.
‘My great teaching was having to ask permission to enter a conversation. It is a spiritual permission to understand the other’s culture.’
Ricardo’s Brazilian Indians project hopes to demonstrate the extraordinary multiculturalism that exists across Brazil – a country home to over 210 million people and almost one million of which belong to indigenous groups.
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