Reporting from Inside the Amazon
Seated on the front bench of the voadeira, a motorized canoe taking us deeper into the Amazon rainforest along the Iriri River, Maxiel Ferreira, who is twenty, alternated his gaze between a Canon EOS 5D camera and the water, reflecting infinite shades of green. At times, he would suddenly stand at the bow, balancing himself, and, using a long wooden stick that reached the bottom of the river, conduct the vessel through channels, avoiding rocks and other underwater obstacles that only he could see, maneuvering through rapids or around a banzeiro, a fearsome whirlpool that beiradeiros (inhabitants of Amazonian riverine communities) such as Ferreira don’t dare to trespass without asking the river for permission.
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