According to the British media "Daily Star" reported on January 7, Brazilian photographer Ricardo Stucker explored the jungle of his country, got close to the indigenous people and then used a camera to record their active struggle to protect the living environment, and posted the photos in the hope of attracting public attention.
This shocking set of wonderful photos allows people in civilized cities to spy on the tribesmen living in the rainforest, who are struggling for their own survival in today's time when the natural environment has been destroyed.
Ricardo, 50 years old from Brazil, has been working since 1997 to understand the indigenous people and document their unique way of life. After the Amazon jungle fires, he visited aboriginal areas such as Aker, Bahia and the Amazon to photograph the impact of the fires on their lives.
With the Brazilian government's over-harvesting of rainforests, the survival of indigenous peoples is seriously threatened. In one photo, the 89-year-old tribal chief had to hunt fish with a bow and arrow in a shoal.
Another image of a tribal woman swimming in clear water in the Chapada Eco-Environmental Protection Zone injects intruders with wary eyes.
Ricardo hopes that his photography will awaken the public to the existential crisis faced by tribal peoples. He recently filmed a series of works on the theme of "Brazilian Indians", and Ricardo said: "Indigenous people have recently started an environmental movement in the hope of restoring the damaged rainforest. They even began to clash directly with the outsiders who were cutting down the jungle. I wish I could make a documentary dedicated to these people who are fighting to protect the environment. Coming to a village deep in the jungle is like entering another time and space, which is completely different from the anxiety of living in the city, and here you can immerse yourself in nature and relax. ”
"We consider ourselves the masters of the earth, but those Indians have washed my heart with their way of life. Their primitive way of life makes everything stand still and re-experience life with the original posture. I realized that what really matters is in each other's eyes, in the touches and feelings between people. It is important to respect and understand the culture of others. Ricardo hopes to showcase the diverse facets of Brazilian culture through "Brazilian Indian" photography. Brazil, a large country of 210 million people, is home to about 1 million indigenous Indians.