I saw the cow laying on the side of the road. Pulled out my camera but she has barely died. Almost asleep. I went back to the hotel. Three days later, I came back. Her skin starting to rot, but still in place. No birds picking her flesh, no bones appearing. Again I left. Another two days, and four more. She didn't look exactly how I needed for the picture. In the end I've waited fifteen days for this picture. The birds helped me, the wind and above them all, Time. Call me cruel or cold hearted, but I needed to capture this exact Slice of Decay.
Strongest #2 - Slice Of Decay
1/1 photograph
4933 × 3191
Where The Strongest Are Born Collection
by Victor Ribeiro
Paraiba, Brazil, 2018
How to portray a land? It's DNA? What makes it home, or a trauma? How do the struggles define the people? Heart warming and heart breaking stories put together to paint a faithful picture of The Sertão on Northeast Brazil.
My name is Victor Ribeiro and during 2017 and 2018 I traveled across this land. What I've seen and lived there changed my photography and the way I see the world. The people and the land are unique, and even though it's a place known for misery and poverty, I saw paradise in many ways. This collection is composed of 30 1/1 photographs, each one telling a different story about the life in The Sertao.
1/3 of the sales will be donated to a NGO that helps people in the area. Giving back is a mission.
Strongest #2 - Slice of Decay
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I saw the cow laying on the side of the road. Pulled out my camera but she has barely died. Almost asleep. I went back to the hotel. Three days later, I came back. Her skin starting to rot, but still in place. No birds picking her flesh, no bones appearing. Again I left. Another two days, and four more. She didn't look exactly how I needed for the picture. In the end I've waited fifteen days for this picture. The birds helped me, the wind and above them all, Time. Call me cruel or cold hearted, but I needed to capture this exact Slice of Decay.
Strongest #2 - Slice Of Decay
1/1 photograph
4933 × 3191
Where The Strongest Are Born Collection
by Victor Ribeiro
Paraiba, Brazil, 2018
How to portray a land? It's DNA? What makes it home, or a trauma? How do the struggles define the people? Heart warming and heart breaking stories put together to paint a faithful picture of The Sertão on Northeast Brazil.
My name is Victor Ribeiro and during 2017 and 2018 I traveled across this land. What I've seen and lived there changed my photography and the way I see the world. The people and the land are unique, and even though it's a place known for misery and poverty, I saw paradise in many ways. This collection is composed of 30 1/1 photographs, each one telling a different story about the life in The Sertao.
1/3 of the sales will be donated to a NGO that helps people in the area. Giving back is a mission.