Blog #Maracatu

Hi! Just dropping by to share that my work has been selected to compete for the FotoDoc 2026 Award in two categories: Portfolio with the Maracatu series, and Featured Photo with the photo Veste Branco.

A Exposição AFROBRASILIDADES - de Pernambuco à Bahia é um Projeto do PEBA, que reúne o trabalho de artistas que tem uma conexão ancestral entre esses dois estados.

Well, this is a series that I worked on the most, from reviewing the material that was captured in 2015, to reading the portfolio, course, months of intense work of experimentation and collective discussions about the material, until it took shape, and the first work expo will be held in 2018.

The year 2015 was a moment that, without realizing it, I was very involved with the culture of Pernambuco, and in the first semester alone I had photographed three events that had Maracatu as their central theme.

In the State of Pernambuco, northeast Brazil, it is common to see Maracatus presentations and the reproduction of their images stamping the cities and the collective imaginary of Pernambuco;