NYC Exposition

I am honoured as one of those inivited to exhibit 10 images at the New York City Exposition, and I invite all of you who are living at NY or near by.

An exhibition of photoblogs — NYC Exposition, Puerto Rico Sun, and East Harlem.
October 14 – November 26, 2005


Opening Reception:
Friday, October 14, 6:00PM –9:00PM
Viewing: Tuesday – Saturday, 3PM – 7PM
Artists' talk: Saturday, October 22, 3PM

MediaNoche
161 East 106th Street, First Floor
(between Lexington and Third Avenues)
(Postcard's Photo Courtesy of Hugo Provoste)

Global Voices Interview

David Sasaki, from Global Voices, emailed me with questions about things of my work and life. They published last september 8th this interview :)
So, just follow the link to Global Voices to meet a very nice way to know storys from all other the globe, to hear what the world are talking about, and if you would like to know a bit more of me.

There is also a nice link to this interview on this cool blog called Notes from a Teacher from Mark Hamilton, a former journalist and currently a journalism instructor in Vancouver.

The picture above are Nambikwara women dancing their "teenage-girl's ritual".

All photos here were taken on the Indigenous Nacional Party, realized by the Intertribal Committee (ITC) with the town hall's Bertioga City support, in São Paulo State. (April, 2005)

dreamer

originally uploaded by Tatiana Cardeal. All photographs © 2003-2005.

Four Guarani's girls were playing near the indigenous fair.
They were running and playing on the sand, as little birds.
I was surprised when one of them invited me with her eyes, to play. I couldn't say no.
I lose my afternoon there.
I won a life.

This one is Angela, the most dreamer and easy opened of the four.

The Guarani People live in many brazilian's states.
Population about 35.000, in 1998.

Angela invites

originally uploaded by Tatiana Cardeal © 2005.

Angela shoots me

originally uploaded by Tatiana Cardeal © 2005.

A small group of boys were playing near,
but not with the girl's group.
That boy, a Guarani child too, was curious about us.

I didn't realize at the first moment.
But when i looked at her i saw she looking at me,
with one eye open, exactly as a mirror.
That moment, she made my portrait too.

free light soul

originally uploaded by Tatiana Cardeal © 2005.

They were hummingbirds :)
Dedicated to my friend Gregory and all the Humminbird People.

Please, visit their amazing work on Children at Risk Foundation's blog .

friends

originally uploaded by Tatiana Cardeal © 2005.

Guarani suicides

originally uploaded by Tatiana Cardeal. All photographs © 2003-2005.

Much of their land has been stolen from them. This crisis has driven over 300 Guarani, mainly adolescent to kill themselves.
The Guarani-Kaiowá in Brazil suffer particularly from this, and it has led to severe depression. Three hundred and twenty Guarani-Kaiowá committed suicide between 1986 and the beginning of 2000, the youngest being just 9 years old.

They are a deeply spiritual people, who believe they were the first people to be created by the 'great father', Ñande-Ru. For the Guarani the "terra sem mal", or 'land without evil', is the resting place of the soul after death. It is essential for the soul to arrive there so it can rest peacefully.

If you would like to take some action, please visit Survival site.

drawing on the sand

originally uploaded by Tatiana Cardeal © 2005.

Those are Pará and Angela.
Pará was the smaller from the group and she didn't wanted to leave my hand when i went out. It was so touching for me.

We'll be friends for life. Sisters souls.

some lost sad look

originally uploaded by Tatiana Cardeal © 2005.

"I think of the conditions in which we live -
abject poverty, those little houses.
We have nothing to eat and yet our people still sing with such joy, with such hope, always in search of the land without evil ...
We Indians don't want money or riches.
Do you know what we want?
We just want enough land to live on how we like."

Marta Silva, Guarani woman.