Sultry Rooftops: Natal, Brazil (Part One)
I went to the city of Natal in Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil for two weeks in November of 2019 on a volunteer trip with the non-profit organization The Partners of Americas. Gracious enough to have me, I had the opportunity to live alongside the vibrant community. I can still remember those warms nights when the distant echo of bossa nova music would cross my window as I fell asleep.
I shot everything with my Minolta X-700 on both FUJIFILM Superia X-TRA 400, and Kodak Portra 400 35mm color film.
This was shot from my bedroom window. I was staying with a Brazilian filmmaker and his eighty year-old mother at the time. I remember asking her if she's ever seen the snow, and with no reluctance said, "Nunca," ("never"). That night I stood at my bedroom window, eyes closed, imagining the breeze as if it were the consuming glow of a winter storm.
Everywhere you go in Natal, there's barbed wire that covers the top of every wall. This is the direct result of the fragile political climate in Brazil.
Behind the scenes:
An image of me taking pictures at Gamboa do Jaguaribe, an Indigenous Reserve I visited while in Natal.
