I'm a fan of reality. I believe that photography has a serious commitment to the truth. It should be reproduced and shown to people as if to say : "This happened this way, that's what I saw and the truth is here." But even though I am very convinced of this belief of "truth and reality in photography," this truth and this reality sometimes causes me astonishment and at times I prefer not to hide or omit, but to close my eyes to the reality I see in my front.
Brazil has been experiencing a serious economic crisis for more than 4 years, and as a large country with a population of 200 million people, this crisis has claimed thousands of victims. Newspapers talk about 14 million unemployed people. 14 million people be the population of several countries in Europe like Portugal, Holland, Norway, Sweden and other small countries and this is scary.
In the streets I see with my eyes and through my lenses all the misery installed and that are the result of all this disaster that came with this crisis with several people without work, many living in the streets, many begging for buses, subway. Many asking not only money but food to survive and every day that I go shooting in the streets it seems that as the days go by everything is getting worse and the scenery is getting darker.
My country is naturally a country of a happy, hard-working people, and I do not say it with a nationalist feeling (I am an anarchist), but I speak in the sense of people, of lives. I pray that these people can regain their joy, may have their social well-being restored, and live with more dignity and happiness.
Thanks for reading my post!
Obrigado por ter lido o meu post!
All photos are signed in ©, are my own and taken with my camera Sony Alpha ILCE 3500📷
I agree, sometimes the reality is too brutal and scary, but your photos talk more than many words . In your pics I can see the hope and the need to have again the joy and I think it's great.
Wow Silvia, I am impressed and honored with your comment :) Thank you so much for your kind words, God bless you.
That first photo with eye contact is really good @jsantana. I have to ask you… You are talking about a serious economic crisis, and I see a violent protests against Temer. Is Recife calm or you keep yourself out of such events? For you as a journalist, protest photos would be most interesting and you would probably get a chance to sell many of them.
Upvoted, resteemed & DPS.
Yes, the protests are part of my activity as a photojournalist and I am always photographing, including I already posted here some of my protest photos. I will certainly post here some more photos I made in protests and my report on them. I appreciate your support @photo-trail, a good week for you.
i thought Brazil economy was the pride of the region i suppose its because the wealth is not being shared.
Yes, Brazil is a very rich country, but here the state is too big. We have the largest number of politicians and civil servants in the world. To support these unemployed people is a lot of money and that money is not returned to the poor people who need it.
Great photography, true talk tho photography has a lot to do in our daily lifes
Yes @cashboi, I agree 100% with you. Thanks for coming and have a good day!
Welcome bro, following you asap for more of your photographs keep it up
I enjoy reading your post @jsantana. The economic here in my country is bad too. U are not far from me i live in suriname just next to Brazil
Wonder @kaith, yes the economic crisis here are brutal. Politics are the disease of the world.
Yes, sometimes taking a slice from reality can be hard! Nevertheless it's important to show the world, not only the many god things in Brazil but also the bad ones to raise awareness. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for your great comment here @egoectomy
Thanks for the great post @jsantana
Thanks for your words @robertcrutcher
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