This project was developed between 2010 and 2011. It resulted in a book and an exhibition curated by Rosely Nakagawa, which were launched in 2012 at the Palácio Araguaia, in Palmas, Tocantins, north of Brazil. In 2013, the exhibition was shown at the Canela Foto Workshops e entre 2015 e 2016 circulou em 8 cidades catarinenses pelo SESC. As fotografias desta galeria estão disponível para venda no formato fine art photographs. Saiba mais clicando no botão abaixo.
Texto da curadora
Until the 19th century, the image of the landscape was a kind of synthesis of the relationships between a set of biophysical determinants and the action of organized man in societies bearing a historicity, a culture, and technological evolution.
Almost always framed by a rural and traditional society, landscape painting gave us back the security of a stable, coherent, recognizable knowledge in lasting balance.
With photography, the recording of the landscape was transformed into recognition of the marks of time, of the relevant constructions of history, of the survey of material resources.
In recent years, we have witnessed profound and radical transformations: violent urbanization, devastated territories, regions at risk, transformed landscapes.
The role of the photographer has also changed radically. From surveying wealth, he has begun to denounce the deconstruction of the landscape as a threat to civilization and culture.
Zé Paiva, a hunter of images, transforms the landscape into images of great power and beauty. He shows the landscape as an object of contemplation without failing to show human action and the need for balance.
The Tocantins Nature Expedition shows the challenge of this delicate coexistence between actions and contradictions, between strength and delicacy, in a constant struggle between man and himself in a stunning landscape that is constantly changing.
Rosely Nakagawa
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