The photographs in the exhibition O Brasil que pouco se vê (Brazil As We Rarely See It) will be displayed on the walls of metro station Luz de São Paulo until December 31. For this series on the theme of health and quality of life of Brazil’s indigenous peoples, the photographer André François spent years in the Amazon among these communities.

Brazil is home to nearly 230 indigenous communities with 870,000 people. In the northern region, where the most isolated of the communities are found, there are 306,000 natives.

These photographs show the relationship between the indigenous culture and nature, its role in their life and health. For the native people, nature is everywhere: in the plant life, in the water, in the animals and inside men. Nature is what provides them with food, with their tools and their medicine. This exhibition is the result of several expeditions into the heart of different indigenous cultures. André François offers viewers a look at the lives of the Sateré-Mawé (in the state of Amazonas), the Kayapó (Pará), and the Yanomami (Roraima). 

Céline Chevallier

Read the full text of this article in the French version of Le Journal.

O Brasil que pouco se vê
André François
Until December 31st, 2012
Métro de São Paulo

Brazil